Jonnine – Maritz

HTRK’s Jonnine Standish meets Laurent Richard aka DJ Sundae’s Idle Press imprint for a match made somewhere between hell and heaven. Maritz, named after Standish’s mother, is a collection of haunted folk songs and spectral incantations crafted with scavenged instruments including a homemade glockenspiel found at “an abandoned high school in the hills.” As usual, bass guitar, dub echo, and half-spoken vocals make the core here, with the baroque instruments adding to Jonnine’s spellbindingly eerie sound. “Tea for Two (Boo)” has an almost Scott Walker vibe to it, with its cryptic storytelling and off-kilter bounce. But Standish’s playful delivery makes the ghostly scene cute and light-hearted. The much too short “I Put A Little Thing in Your Pocket,” featuring husband Conrad (CS+Kreme) on acoustic guitar, is also great…

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