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The EP leads off with the glorious anthem and live favorite "You Broke My Heart," a series of vocal and piano crescendos that burns itself into your brain with its rawness and simplicity.
Joined by the crack ensemble of drummer Ron Rege Jr. (an accomplished cartoonist whose work has adorned Lavender Diamond sleeves and posters), guitarist Jeff Rosenberg and pianist Steve Gregoropolous (formerly of The Wild Stares, Wild Stares Chamber Orchestra), Lavender Diamond have stunned audiences across the U.S. with equal portions of deft musicianship, disarming humor, bucket-loads of charisma, and most of all…Ms. Stark's mind-blowing voice.
Stark's gorgeous, classically trained vocals (we are talking about an enormously powerful female larynx here) are the most immediately gripping aspect of Lavender Diamond, but the insistent, pretty riffs and affecting world-wisdom of the lyrics combine to surprising effect.
A little bit folk, a little bit children's music, a little bit protest anthem, this music is like nothing you've ever heard before. The mystical artwork of keyboardist Ron Rege Jr. (see jacket illustration above), also a well-known LA cartoonist, seals the deal.
Lavender Diamond 's debut full-length, Imagine Our Love, will be out on Matador May 8.
"Stark makes music about the basics of life, delivered in a beautiful way. It's about simplicity and seeing what's hidden in plain sight: a bed is a drum, and the death-metaler is merely the Cookie Monster held upside down." -- LA Weekly
"Lavender Diamond could easily draw comparisons to a number of AM-radio mainstays: The Carpenters, Joni Mitchell.... Lavender Diamond has the potential to woo the world." – Dusted
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