MARINA earns career-best reviews for 'Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land'
Marina Diamandis' fifth studio album, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land, is receiving the best reviews of her career. As of this writing, it holds a Metascore of 81 based on six reviews, putting it nearly 20 points above 2019's polarizing Love + Fear.
"...a ten-track wonder that is a more mature and eclectic take on her gloriously femme and thundering electro-pop... MARINA makes a strong case for embracing a change of trajectory: in life, music and art." ★★★★ -CLASH
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"Marina makes a strong case for embracing a change of trajectory: in life, music and art..." @jcfynn offers her thoughts on @MarinaDiamandis thrilling new album - https://t.co/lJeCIlQo7p pic.twitter.com/NIA1McNfuX
- CLASH (@ClashMagazine) June 8, 2021
"Harking back to 2010's The Family Jewels, MARINA's self-penned Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land... finds MARINA emboldening her trademark theatrical glam with sharper edges." ★★★★ -The Line of Best Fit
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reviewed the new MARINA album for @bestfitmusic 🏦☀️🏦☀️🏦https://t.co/DJVx9NJTkL
- the color red (@red_dziri) June 8, 2021
"12 years after the tracks 'Obsessions' and 'Mowgli's Road' introduced us to a singular musical talent, MARINA’s melodies and vocal hooks still don't sound like anybody else's. Nothing in this world could change her, and for that we should all be damn grateful." ★★★★ -NME
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. @MarinaDiamandis settles into her own idiosyncratic groove with poptastic fifth album ‘Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land’. Read the ⭐⭐⭐⭐ NME review https://t.co/4Kh8mCO19Z
- NME (@NME) June 10, 2021
"...with her fifth studio album, yet another return to solely her own words, the singer re-embraces her inner strength and has quite possibly created her magnum opus." ★★★★ -Pop Matters
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Had the pleasure of writing about MARINA and her new album #AncientDreamsInAModernLand, a joyous, queer escape and quite possibly her magnum opus, for @PopMatters. 🌈 https://t.co/YA01jOvEuZ pic.twitter.com/Z2OV2LHXYo
- Jeffrey Davies (@teeveejeff) June 14, 2021
"...dripping with maturity and raises a middle finger to the old Marina and the Diamonds brand." ★★★★ -Under the Radar
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Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land https://t.co/TemrfKc9y9
- Under the Radar (@Under_Radar_Mag) June 11, 2021
Be sure to catch MARINA performing "Venus Fly Trap" on Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight at 12:35 ET!
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