
Having just been told about Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins (h/t Becca), based out of Boston (hometown nod), I'm frankly surprised I'm featuring them so quickly on the blog. But the music got me pretty quickly, what with the enormously catchy piano riffs and a voice with a slight quirk that makes Rabdau stand out from some other artists in the ever-burgeoning female pianist singer/songwriter. Not to say that quirk is obvious - her vocal timbre is quite astounding. Reminiscent of Imogen Heap (I know, no small comparison) and Fiona Apple, Rabdau knows how to work [...]