Marina & The Diamonds: The Family Jewels

**Press Release**

MARINA & THE DIAMONDS’ “THE FAMILY JEWELS” DEBUTS TOP 5 IN THE UK; ACCLAIMED POP SENSATION SLATES U.S. RELEASE, “THE FAMILY JEWELS” ARRIVES EVERYWHERE ON MAY 25th

Chop Shop /Atlantic Records has announced the upcoming release of “THE FAMILY JEWELS,” the dazzling debut album from Marina & The Diamonds which made a stunning chart debut this week at #5 in the U.K. The collection will arrive stateside on May 25th.

“THE FAMILY JEWELS” will be heralded by “THE AMERICAN JEWELS EP,” a three-track EP featuring the album tracks “I Am Not A Robot” and “Mowgli’s Road,” alongside the exclusive “I Am Not a Robot Flex'd Rework (Passion Pit Remix).” “THE AMERICAN JEWELS” available at all DSPs on March 23rd.

Marina & The Diamonds – the nom de musique of Marina Diamandis – has quickly become a sensation in the UK, where Diamandis was recently named the #2 artist on the BBC’s ever-prescient “Sound of 2010” ranking. Dividing her time between her birthplace of Abergavenny in rural Wales, London and later her father’s traditional family home in Greece, Diamandis developed a truly idiosyncratic aesthetic, equal parts self-deprecating songstress, unabashedly intimate lyricist, and passionate pop star-in-waiting. A sequence of ’09 singles and EPs – released on the influential UK indie label, Neon Gold (Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, Your Twenties) – earned her a steady stream of admirers, both public and in the press, all in thrall to Marina’s extraordinarily prodigious talent.

What’s more, Marina & The Diamonds will be among the artists appearing on this summer’s 2010 Lilith Tour, joining a remarkable line-up that includes Sarah MacLachlan, Norah Jones, Mary J. Blige, Loretta Lynn, Tegan & Sara, Janelle Monáe, Colbie Caillat, and many others.
Highlighted by the UK Top 20 hit single, “Hollywood,” “THE FAMILY JEWELS” is proving an early contender for 2010’s most distinctive debut. Songs like the dramatic “Oh No!” (produced by Greg Kurstin of The Bird And The Bee), “Obsessions” and the boldly ambitious “Mowgli’s Road” see Marina gleefully melding the theatrically lavish vocal and orchestral flourishes of Kate Bush with the wonderful pop eccentricity of everyone from Sparks to the Scissor Sisters.

“Astonishing,” declared NME of “THE FAMILY JEWELS” in its nine-out-of-10 rave. “Raining down on the ears like an explosion of sonic confetti, (“Hollywood”) boasts a chorus so killer it should probably be investigated by the police.” The Times’ Pete Paphides awarded the album four-out-of-five stars, praising it for “parachuting you into the world of a singer who wants your attention but hates compartmentalization.” The Telegraph decreed “THE FAMILY JEWELS” an “arch, clever debut,” hailing Marina for having “a larger-than-life quality, coming on like a drama queen using her personal neuroses as a prism through which to view the world.”

www.marinaandthediamonds.com

Lilith Fair 2010 dates announced

7/1 - Vancouver, BC - Pitt Meadows Airport
7/2 - Portland, OR - The Amphitheater at Clark County
7/3 - Seattle, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre
7/7 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
7/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

She's redefining songs about coming of age, and the aftermath,
with bluntness and crafty intelligence." -The New York Times

"Marina has dance-pop hooks galore, a dramatically swooping voice, and very real magnetism.
Whether you know it yet or not, she's a star." -Entertainment Weekly

Marina And The Diamonds' debut album The Family Jewels available in the U.S. Tuesday, May 25th (Chop Shop/Atlantic)