Synth-based pop with a confident front woman is just what the record buying public want at the minute right? Well, okay we are spoiled for choice actually – Florence, Little Boots and La Roux being the most visible and newcomers including Ellie Goulding in the wings, so how does Marina differ?
There’s a lot of wordy, sarcastic flexing of personality for starters – like Kate Nash if she grew a pair and wasn’t so passive. Marina wants to be the star, thrives on the attention and the adoration.
With a sold out crowd to please and adorned in a faux-fur oversized green cardigan complete with frog eyes she’s certainly not hiding any lights under bushels – probably doesn’t even know where the bushels are. Appearances on numerous Big Things for 2010 lists have helped draw in the crowd, a previous visit bringing only a couple of dozen souls as she notes mid-set.
It’s a confident show then, belting out the shiny pop nuggets of 'Girls', ‘I Am Not A Robot’, ‘Are You Satisfied?’ and ‘Seventeen’ with determined energy and unbridled glee. However, once these fade into the ether there are few reasons to get excited and I’m left questioning whether Marina really has the depth to give her crossover appeal.
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