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With her Joey Lauren Adams voice, sex-kitten strut, and confident pop/rock melodies, Anya Marina sounds fairly grown up on her major-label debut. 2004's Miss Halfway found her pitching a batch of bedroom-folk melodies atop acoustic guitar chords, but Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II owes its energy to the dancefloor rhythms created by producer Brian Karscig (of the raunchy rock act Louis XIV), whose influence helps boost Marina's confidence and volume. She remains rooted in the singer/songwriter tradition, meaning she writes for the discerning listener rather than the oversexed club attendee, yet Marina nevertheless welcomes elements of glammed-up rock into the album's best songs. "Afterparty at Jimmy's" builds its foundation on electric guitar and booming snare hits, with Marina's snarky commentary on the SoCal hipster lifestyle ("So you say you've got a band? Mmm! Three parts Kinks and one part the Jam?") providing the snarky icing on the cake. Several tracks earlier, "Move You (SSSPII)" opens the disc with soft croons before careening into stomp-clap percussion and quick harmonies, while "All the Same to Me" pairs thudding drums with neo-jazz instrumentation.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Move You (Ssspii) 3:03
2 All the Same to Me 3:09
3 Cut It Out 2:21
4 Afterparty at Jimmy's 3:01
5 Drop Dead Blues 3:36
6 Vertigo 3:18
7 Lullaby for a Realist 1:29
8 Two Left Feet 2:49
9 Waters of March (Águas de Março) 3:41
10 Not a Through Street 3:52
11 Cowboy 4:03
12 High on the Ceiling 3:43
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