With a gentle confidence and crystalline voice to match, singer/songwriter Marina Allen takes after the mature, folk-inflected songcraft of artists like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Laura Nyro. She released her debut album, Candlepower, in 2021, following it a year later with the more adventurous Centrifics. 2024's reflective Eight Pointed Star prioritized more-rustic textures.
Based in Los Angeles, Allen signed with Fire Records in late 2020 and produced her first song, "Oh, Louise," in February 2021. Featuring a compact seven tracks, Candlepower followed on the label tha...