Marina of Marina and The Diamonds. Photo / Supplied
She's up there with pop music's hottest-looking stars. Wouldn't you agree?
But though Welsh singer and songwriter Marina Diamandis can match it in the style and looks stakes with Katy Perry and the like, her new wave-meets-indie flavoured pop does not have the magnetic appeal of someone like Gaga.
It's
hard not to like it though, because songs such as Bubblegum Bitch are irresistibly catchy and spirited while also having a harder, more thumping and theatrical edge that most girly pop chicks don't have.
Indeed, on the overwrought Lies and the catwalk-style stomp of Homewrecker the vocal and sonic dramatics that have brought comparisons with Florence and the Machine come out.
The stealth, synth-powered pop of Living Dead is a standout, and with its 80s bent sounds a little like our own Ladyhawke, and on Fear and Loathing she's soaring a la Kate Bush.
