Christmas of course can be the most magical, evocative time. So, here's a magical, evocative record from this year year that sounds rather Christmas-ssy to my ears. Three songs from The Loneliest Girl, the fourth album from Auckland New Zealand's Pricess Chelsea. It's by no means an unprecedented sound. David Lynch, Bats For Lashes and Lara Del Ray to name but three have trodden similar paths over the years. Princess Chelsea inhabits the fairy tale pastures of this territory. A nice place to be in between mince pies and Disney films.
Echoes of Girl Bands and juvenile Pop, (I heard echoes of Barbie Girl at one point), there are also direct steals, the title track rips off St.Etienne's Only Love Can Break Your Heart rotten. It hardly matters. So much music has been going back to similar sources for the last Sixty years. The Loneliest Girl is a nice place to spend a while...
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