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Deceptively True is a compilation of songs from the first two True Margrit releases (Peut-Etre La Fenetre and Sympathetic Magic), PLUS eleven previously unreleased tracks! This CD contains 20 songs (clocking in at just over 74 minutes) and includes a deluxe color 12-page booklet with full lyrics. ...But who or what is True Margrit? Based in San Francisco and fronted by singer/ songwriter/ piano-player/ bandleader Margrit Eichler, True Margrit has probably played near you (or will be playing at some point sometime soon) in a solo or band jaunt from NYC to Seattle to Los Angeles or beyond in nightclubs, cafes, theatres, radio & television stations, or sailboats. The band features a piano-driven sound, the kinetic bass and drum duo of Gary Hobish and Andrew Bacon, and Eichler's husky/sweet/ surreal vocals. What would you call it? Smart-art-poprock (with a tantalizing hint of danger)? Piano-based rootsy-pop with a suggestion of the cozy, smoke-filled chambers of retro? Part of a brave new phase of post-post-modern-American pop music? Listen up and decide for yourself. At any rate, the band is best known for its hummable, slightly surreal, uncategorizable tunes, its world-class rhythm section and Eichler's unspeakable love for her keyboard. Why try to explain it? Just sing along. Some choice quotes: "Margrit is a genius in the vein of Pete Townshend." Joe Cote-San Francisco Spectrum "...Eichler is an excellent writer you would like to hear more of." Diedre Johnson-Knoxville Daily Beacon "Margrit's voice is big and bit smoky. Her melodies soar...the hooks float into your head and stay there." Scott Mobley-Redding Record Searchlight "True Margrit has to be one of the best keyboardists around town." David Womack-Haight Ashbury Free Press "...wild-woman keyboard-player has the heart and soul of a gifted chanteuse." Michael Cronin--Teenage Kicks "...lures you into repeated listenings...one little dame who can really belt out a number" Wayne Bledsoe--Knoxville News-Sentinel "Oh Margrit; you know they'll tell you anything you want." Neva Chonin-San Francisco Bay Guardian Check out the artist's website: http://www.truemargrit.com/ Track List: 1. connect the dots 2. sympathetic magic 3. the thirty words for snow 4. all of the atoms strung together 5. deceptively true 6. devour the past 7. you are here 8. blind man's bluff 9. heat lightning 10. farther astray 11. i don't mind 12. streets of firenze 13. divine comedy 14. hey we are driving 15. new constellations 16. Jamie 17. walk into the room 18. one out of many 19. delusions of grandeur 20. waiting for the wind Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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