After well over a decade, singer-songwriter, Hannah Marcus, is finally set to release her album, Ten Bones From A Virgin Graveyard. Shelved in the early 2000s, the record is now due out on June 6th, via Bar None Records. It features collaborations with members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, horn player-composer Matana Roberts, violinist-sound sculptor Jessica Moss, tuba playing artist-activist Nadia Moss and drummer Kevin Shea. Keep reading below for more information.
The songs on Ten Bones From A Virgin Graveyard were recorded at the legendary old Hotel2Tango in Montreal, Canada between 2004-2010, mixed by Efrim Menuck, Thierry Amar and Howard Bilerman at Hotel2Tango several times between 2004-2017, and mastered at Grey Market Sound.
Ten Bones From A Virgin Graveyard tracklisting:
01 Ten Bones and a Screwdriver
02 Affirmative Infinity
03 Bury Me Under the Elbow Room
04 A Virgin Graveyard
05 Hey Mister Goldminer
06 Eric
07 A Sweeter Wat to Say Goodbye
08 In My Opinion
09 Ray’s Last Time at the Old Hotel
10 Arz Er Rab
11 From English Planes
Hannah Marie Marcus is an American singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist renowned for her emotionally resonant, genre-defying music that blends elements of folk, jazz, slowcore and experimental rock. Born in NYC, she was raised in Spanish Harlem by a painter mother and a father who was a cellist and composer. Her grandfather Ernst Levy was a notable composer and pianist. Growing up alongside her autistic and developmentally disabled sister, Melissa, profoundly influenced her worldview and artistic sensibility, instilling in her a deep empathy and a fascination with alternative perceptions of reality. Marcus began her recording career after a move to San Francisco in 1989 where she plunged headfirst into the “Sadcore” scene after watching American Music Club play at a parking lot.
Over the years she has collaborated with a diverse range of musicians and bands, including Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts, members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, author Rick Moody and artist Nina Katchadourian. Marcus has also been increasingly active in the world of olfactory art, and just finished a 6 week solo exhibition at Olfactory Art Keller in New York City.