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Its been a decade since we last heard fromMarnie Stern, but whenher guitar bursts in like a shower of stardust onThe Comeback Kid,the follow-up to 2013sThe Chronicles of Marnia, its like no time haspassed. But this is no nostalgia trip.The Comeback Kid is a statement ofintent. I cant keep on moving backwards, Stern repeats on anthemicopening track Plain Speak, her fingers furiously tapping the fretboardas the song joyfully zips forward like a rocket hitting warp speed. Sterncontinually pushes herself outside of her comfort zone throughoutTheComeback Kid, including not leaning on the tapping technique thatlaunched a thousand Eddie Van Halen comparisons. Til Its Over is asstraight-ahead an alternative rock song as Stern has ever made andtheres a cover of Ennio Morricones Il Girotondo Della Note.It was so great to be able to start being myself again and when Iwould think, Oh, is that too, too weird? I'd remember I'm allowed todo whatever I want! This is mine. It's me, says Stern of writing songsforThe Comeback Kid. I'm trying to go against the grain of thisbullshit that when you get older, you lose your sense of taste. I want toempower people to not be so homogenous and go against the grain alittle bit."

Its been a decade since we last heard fromMarnie Stern, but whenher guitar bursts in like a shower of stardust onThe Comeback Kid,the follow-up to 2013sThe Chronicles of Marnia, its like no time haspassed. But this is no nostalgia trip.The Comeback Kid is a statement ofintent. I cant keep on moving backwards, Stern repeats on anthemicopening track Plain Speak, her fingers furiously tapping the fretboardas the song joyfully zips forward like a rocket hitting warp speed. Sterncontinually pushes herself outside of her comfort zone throughoutTheComeback Kid, including not leaning on the tapping technique thatlaunched a thousand Eddie Van Halen comparisons. Til Its Over is asstraight-ahead an alternative rock song as Stern has ever made andtheres a cover of Ennio Morricones Il Girotondo Della Note.It was so great to be able to start being myself again and when Iwould think, Oh, is that too, too weird? I'd remember I'm allowed todo whatever I want! This is mine. It's me, says Stern of writing songsforThe Comeback Kid. I'm trying to go against the grain of thisbullshit that when you get older, you lose your sense of taste. I want toempower people to not be so homogenous and go against the grain alittle bit."
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The Comeback Kid
Artist: Marnie Stern
Format: CD
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Cassette - Cassette
$12.05
Vinyl - LP
$26.14
DISC: 1

1. Plain Speak
2. Believing Is Seeing
3. The Natural
4. Oh Are They
5. Forward
6. Working Memory
7. Il Girotondo Della Note
8. Til It's Over
9. Nested
10. Earth Eater
11. Get It Good
12. One and the Same

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Its been a decade since we last heard fromMarnie Stern, but whenher guitar bursts in like a shower of stardust onThe Comeback Kid,the follow-up to 2013sThe Chronicles of Marnia, its like no time haspassed. But this is no nostalgia trip.The Comeback Kid is a statement ofintent. I cant keep on moving backwards, Stern repeats on anthemicopening track Plain Speak, her fingers furiously tapping the fretboardas the song joyfully zips forward like a rocket hitting warp speed. Sterncontinually pushes herself outside of her comfort zone throughoutTheComeback Kid, including not leaning on the tapping technique thatlaunched a thousand Eddie Van Halen comparisons. Til Its Over is asstraight-ahead an alternative rock song as Stern has ever made andtheres a cover of Ennio Morricones Il Girotondo Della Note.It was so great to be able to start being myself again and when Iwould think, Oh, is that too, too weird? I'd remember I'm allowed todo whatever I want! This is mine. It's me, says Stern of writing songsforThe Comeback Kid. I'm trying to go against the grain of thisbullshit that when you get older, you lose your sense of taste. I want toempower people to not be so homogenous and go against the grain alittle bit."
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