Marion Raw - "You Gotta"
Hailing from Mexico City and Los Angeles, Marion Raw might just become a favorite artist around here. Her latest single, "You Gotta," is a laid back and atmospheric song dripping with nostalgia. There's a slight country element to the song, but there's also 60's surf, maybe a little garage rock, and a whole lot of pop. To me, "You Gotta" sounds like a stripped down Lana del Ray mixed with Nancy Sinatra. Plus, it contains some of the most engaging tambourine work I've ever heard. Despite the sense of nostalgia laced throughout the song, Marion Raw still finds a way to make the song sound both current and timeless. Marion Raw says of her latest single: "Within the infectious unfolding of this song, I move through the messy journey of love's pursuit. A path that winds through shadows of deceit and betrayal, yet still beckons us deeper. And in the chorus, a defiant urge: to claim this search as our own, to fight for love's persistence, to ca...