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Perhaps the next big thing since Arcade Fire, My Brightest Diamond is as instrumentally rich and conceptually enthralling, except that singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Shara Worden pulls from an even wider range of influences. Channeling classical and opera (for which she is trained), along with cabaret and Cocteau Twins, Worden magically concocts an ethereal sound, and despite the lullaby nature of many songs, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth stings. “To Pluto’s Moon” begins delicately and flows with ease through several transitions, escalating to a whirl pool of electric guitars and reverberation, as she seemingly conjures the ghost of Jeff Buckley (and his chillingly forlorn “You & I”). “Ice & the Storm” possesses Vespertine¬-esque vocals and effects, which Worden repeatedly draws from, before an upsurge of strings pushes upward into an entirely separate realm, and Worden continues to cry out, “Let it go.” -Alternative Amy
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