Marissa Nadler
| Marissa Nadler | |
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Marissa Nadler in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Born |
April 5, 1981 Washington D.C., United States |
| Origin | Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Folk, indie rock, dream pop, ambient, Americana, goth, black metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, fine artist |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Eclipse, Beautiful Happiness, Peacefrog, Kemado, Box of Cedar, Sacred Bones, Bella Union |
| Website | www |
Marissa Nadler (born April 5, 1981) is an American musician and fine artist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Active since 2000, she is currently signed to Sacred Bones Records and Bella Union, and released her seventh full-length studio album, Strangers, in May 2016.
Singing in a mezzo-soprano, Nadler has received acclaim for her vocals. Her voice was described by Pitchfork as one "you would follow straight into Hades", and also "textured and angelic, with just a hint of pain captured within her iridescent falsetto".The Boston Globe said, "She has a voice that, in mythological times, could have lured men to their deaths at sea, an intoxicating soprano drenched in gauzy reverb that hits bell-clear heights, lingers, and tapers off like rings of smoke". Her music "is rooted in old-school country and folk but brings in elements of experimental and black metal".
Marissa Nadler was born and raised in Massachusetts. As a teenager, she taught herself to play guitar in a style similar to fingerpicking, playing a steady bass pattern with the thumb and filling out syncopated rhythms with the index finger. It was described as having an "unorthodox, dusky sound". Also while in her teens, she began to write songs as a hobby.
She studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in illustration in 2003, and a master's degree in art education a year later. During her studies, she began to perform at open mic events around Providence. While exploring artistic techniques such as illustration, painting, bookbinding, woodcarving and encaustic painting, she also honed her songwriting craft. She subsequently recorded an album titled Autumn Rose (2002) as well as the four-track EP Somber Ghost Recordings (2003), neither of which have ever been released. Nadler also contributed to the Pearl Before Swine tribute album For the Dead in Space - Volumes II & III in 2003.
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