Marina and the Diamonds: The Family Jewels | CD review

There's no doubting that Marina Diamandis can write great pop songs. It's the rest of the package that's the problemA lot of intriguing musical reference points have been thrown at singer-songwriter Marina Diamandis: her backing group the Diamonds, like ­Florence's ­Machine, don't actually exist. It shouldn't perhaps be a surprise that she's being hailed as the new Kate Bush, this being apparently mandatory for any white female singer who doesn't appear in the public consciousness bearing...

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