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MELISSA FERRICK
Valentine Heartache
Right On Records
www.rightonrecords.com
Hurtling curses as she pitches woo, Boston singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick has a knack for turning songs into emotional time capsules,
playfully vacillating between dread and salvation to crack wide open the secrets of the heart. Her new, energetic, "Valentine Heartache," captures her enraged enlightenment with rough and ready
pleads to lived-in sins and world weary blessings. Vibrant, triumphant and voracious, "Valentine," embroiders hearts on both sleeves with compassion, accuracy and razor sharp autobiography.
Possessing a voice that is both brave and ragged, Melissa, raises the dead as she digs their graves, with an urgency that alerts as it informs. With a tightly knit patchwork of guitar, bass and drums,
"Valentine," explodes with grooves that come from the hips and lyrics that erupt from her soul.
John Noyd
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