{"id":26932,"date":"2016-05-26T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=26932"},"modified":"2017-02-07T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T15:19:29","slug":"tmn-new-artist-mariya-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=26932","title":{"rendered":"TMN New Artist: Mariya May"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mariya<\/a>TMN STAFF<\/p>\n

Mariya May\u2019s new album Call Me Back if You Can Dig the Music<\/em> finds the soulful, Portland-based songstress helming a deft concoction of lush neo-soul, rafter-rattling dub reggae, and verdant folk addled adages to love and loss, all shot through with a keen pop sensibility and strident lo-fi attitude.Call Me Back if You Can Dig the Music<\/em> manages to listen as both vintage and modern at once, familiar and yet fully in its own element. This album is definitely not short on either vision or listenability, and many of the tracks here are well worth some repeat plays.<\/p>\n

Mariya\u2019s vocals are always a strong centerpiece in all her recordings, utilizing a delivery that\u2019s part Hope Sandoval and part Amy Winehouse, a blending of breathy wispiness and soul maven croon that floats and flutters through the album\u2019s arrangements like confetti, at times demanding total attention and at others blending into the background like another instrument.<\/p>\n

Mariya\u2019s lyrical themes often dwell long on scenes of love, attraction, loss, and places in between, adding to the classic throwback vibe and lending a heart sweet quality to the album\u2019s overall feel. Songs like the swirly and melodic \u201cOut Walking\u201d, the Winehouse-esque \u201cLike Birds in the Spring\u201d, and the richly textured \u201cLet it All Fall Free\u201d offer up odes to that sweetest of sentiments, while others like the bass-driven reggae shuffle of \u201cOpen Up (It\u2019s Cold)\u201d deal reciprocally with the fallout of desire and faded love. Other tracks have a characteristically bubbly, carefree quality about them, such as the slightly country battered jaunt of \u201cDeep Into the Trees\u201d, or else a gravity of their own, as with blue-eyed soul toe thumper and album standout \u201cI Remember\u201d. Filling out the song roster are the dubbed out shimmer of \u201cFrom a Loft We Looked Across\u201d and the melancholic beauty of \u201cBells Ring\u201d.<\/p>\n

Finally, following nine original compositions, Call Me Back if You Can Dig the Music<\/em> pulls in a nicely diverse set of cover tunes to finish out the record, starting with a somber psych soul rendition of The Delta 72\u2019s \u201cJust Another Let Down\u201d, moving on to a Caribbean interpretation of the Mountain Goats\u2019 \u201cOrange Ball of Love\u201d, and finishing out with the lingering singalong chorus refrains of Trampled By Turtles\u2019 \u201cRepetition\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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