Zera Marvel

It's hard, if not impossible, to avoid the early Neko Case comparisons. There's a kind of sullen country vibe that resembles Seattle's favorite red-headed export. Marvel doesn't have Case's over-the-top pipes, but she's better at atmospherics: Her songs are tiny, sad stories, beautifully told with an aching heart. If you can listen to Marvel and not get that genuinely sad, old-school country-music hurt in your gut, there's something wrong with you. - Paul Constant, The Stranger