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13岁那一年,Nicole Atkins拿起了已经过世的叔叔所留下的吉他,自己摸索学会了一首Grateful Dead的歌.她的父亲也带她认识了一些玩音乐的朋友,她也在到North Carolina念艺术时加入了另类乡村乐团Los Parasols.直到她在纽约的anti-folk圈找到了自己的音乐,Nicole开始了自己早已累积多年的创作。Nicole Atkins时而迷幻,又带一点乡村而且又很怀旧的音乐就像是从一集Six Feet Under里所选出来的。Nicole Atkins的歌经常都是讲述了某个美丽的悲剧,这位神秘的说故事者用她温暖又力道十足的深厚嗓音将我们拉回到过去的时空;听着故事中主角的情绪,自己的心情也无法自拔的随之波动。

by Andrew Leahey & Kenyon HopkinWith her throaty vibrato and nostalgic, orchestrated pop songs, singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins brings to mind a blend of Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, and Jenny Lewis. Atkins was raised in Neptune, New Jersey -- a town whose influence would later play a large part in her debut album -- and relocated to North Carolina during her late teens to study illustration at UNC Charlotte. After befriending members of the Avett Brothers and logging several years with the alt country band Los Parasols, she briefly returned to the tri-state area, where a series of open mic performances in Manhattan's East Village helped her hone a sound that was more indebted to pop music than her work with Los Parasols.

Atkins spent the following years traveling between North Carolina and the Northeast, eventually settling in New Jersey at her parents' house. Performances in New York City helped her attract attention from several local musicians, and Atkins eventually pieced together a backing band comprising guitarist Dave Hollinghurst, bassist John Flaughter, drummer Dan Mintzer, and keyboardist Daniel "Cashmere" Chen. Operating under the name Nicole Atkins & the Sea, the band secured a residency at Piano's -- a popular nightspot in the Lower East Side -- and struck a deal with Columbia Records on the strength of Atkins' demo recordings and impressive performances. Atkins released the Bleeding Diamonds EP in 2006, and the group decamped to Sweden later that year to work on a full-length album. Featuring the songwriter's self-professed "pop-noir" sound, Neptune City arrived in late 2007.


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