El Camino, take me home.
Beautiful indie songstresses aren't very few and far between if you look at music today. But a good indie songstress who have a wonderful voice...now that is light finding a needle in a stack of needles. Marissa Nadler is an artist you likely haven't heard of before (and if you have, I commend you). The music industry tends to brush these sorts of musicians under one giant carpet, and you have to go looking for gems like this. Her haunting, though not-too-sad "River of Dirt" restores my faith in the fact that there are good indie female artists hiding behind the woodwork. You just need to rip out some panels.
With the constant strum of a guitar and Marissa's dreamy voice, you've got a conjured view of dusty country roads and that damned el camino. Take me back to the river of dirt, or take to wherever in the world this song is meant to be. This is the kind of song that comes up on your ipod, but you don't feel the need to change to a different track. You want to listen to "River of Dirt" and its soft beauty over and over again. Some people know what they're doing with a gift of music. Marissa Nadler does.
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