Blog: Powerpopaholic: The Power Pop Music Review Site!

It's nice to find a fresh new artist getting major press and recognition on both MTV, Spin and Rolling Stone. Anya Marina's Slow and Steady... is a tightly honed collection of winking pop gems and slyly sexy rock and roll that showcases this newcomer's deft melodic sensibility and wryly humorous lyrical point of view. Anya's sound is part Norah Jones-Suzanne Vega with a splash of Liz Phair attitude. Producers Brian Karscig and Britt Daniel (of Spoon) helps jump her to the next stage of artistic development from the early demos of Miss Halfway. The opening single "Move You" is a real [...]