The third part of Nicole Atkins' vignettes From "Mondo Amore," features the dark beauty burying secrets at a crossroads. What's in the silver box? What price will she pay for this Faustian bargain? Where can I get one of those cloaks? Some questions remain unanswered, but you may find enlightenment on the album, out tomorrow on Razor & Tie.
Atkins signed with the independent New York label after splitting with Columbia Records. "The production of the last record was a little bit too cheery for my taste," Atkins said. "It was really lush and pretty and this time I wanted to deconstruct the sound a little bit." Inspired by the work of Scott Walker and Nick Cave, she wanted to hit a more haunting chord with her new record. "I knew where I was going with the record so I said, 'Look, if you don't hear it, I hear it,...
Atkins signed with the independent New York label after splitting with Columbia Records. "The production of the last record was a little bit too cheery for my taste," Atkins said. "It was really lush and pretty and this time I wanted to deconstruct the sound a little bit." Inspired by the work of Scott Walker and Nick Cave, she wanted to hit a more haunting chord with her new record. "I knew where I was going with the record so I said, 'Look, if you don't hear it, I hear it,...
- 2/6/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Brooklyn's Nicole Atkins has become known for her darkly hypnotic voice, after her first full length record "Neptune City" released in 2007 and more recently from touring with the acts like The Black Keys. Next week she releases "Mondo Amore," and she says it's the record she's always wanted to make -- ever since she started singing at age 12 in her native Neptune, New Jersey.
Filmmakers Mandy Bisesti and Lucia Holm created three sultry vignettes to go along with three songs from the forthcoming album, the first two of which we have exclusively, below. The lush, lacy look of these vignettes "were born out of years and years of reading fairy tales, books on symbolism, mythology, folk lore, fantasy," Biseti confided. The narrative that the black-caped Atkins becomes immersed in here "plays on the Robert Johnson, Devil at the Crossroads legend where a Faustian bargain is struck -- a deal is...
Filmmakers Mandy Bisesti and Lucia Holm created three sultry vignettes to go along with three songs from the forthcoming album, the first two of which we have exclusively, below. The lush, lacy look of these vignettes "were born out of years and years of reading fairy tales, books on symbolism, mythology, folk lore, fantasy," Biseti confided. The narrative that the black-caped Atkins becomes immersed in here "plays on the Robert Johnson, Devil at the Crossroads legend where a Faustian bargain is struck -- a deal is...
- 2/3/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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