New band of the day – No 1,095: Maria Minerva

This former art history student specialises in murky disco full of reverb, delay and enigmatically ethereal vocalsHometown: Tallinn, Estonia.The lineup: Maria Juur (vocals, music).The background: Maria Juur, alias Maria Minerva, is a post-Pink recording artist. No, not post-Pink; post-Pink. Ariel Pink. A 23-year-old from the Baltic signed to hip LA-based leftfield imprint Not Not Fun - think Donna Summer's Casablanca for Wire readers - she does disco. Only this is murky disco, full of reverb an...

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