‘Have you seen my nose?! I cut it off last night’,’ sings Marika Hackman at the start of ‘Cannibal’, the first release from her mini album ‘That Iron Taste’ . These gritty lyrics, sung in a strangely uplifting way, instantly dispel the stereotypical image of a folk artist and see Marika leap the hurdle of dreariness at which many artists have previously fallen. ‘Bath is Black’, a track that juxtaposes upbeat rhythms with dark subject matter, particularly stands out on the release and […]![]()
