ABOUT THIS ITEM

Highly anticipated debut album from Maria Minerva, aka Maria Juur (b. 1988) from Tallinn, Estonia. Maria Minerva’s debut cassette “Tallinn At Dawn” and the 12” “Noble Savage” were released in February 2011 by Not Not Fun / 100% Silk, causing abig stir. Amazonian / Estonian goddess and self-professed hippy chick Maria Minerva builds the bump ‘n’ bass bricks for a real Bloc Party. Bedroom dance from a London flat where the walls throb with the echo unlimited drone of a pretty pulse.

The sounds of side A play like a simpler-times-ode to the early 90s with touches of tribal trance (in a good way!), jungle-not-jungle hacker boy beats, layers upon layers of loopy lyric love, and the bubble-blowing atmospheric long walks we used to take down dark PM Dawn hallways. But the hit here is side B’s “Disko Bliss”, where Maria’s brand of coke-coke-a-choo disco could chill out even the hottest of Donna’s summers while the Silk vinyl goes sizzle and crack. If Blondie was weirder, if Giogio Moroeder traded pasta marinara for boiled potatoes, if Madonna’s post-rave bedtime stories actually went deeper and deeper, you’d have Ms. Minerva. But would she have you?

1. These Days 2:51
2. Pirate's Tale 5:49
3. Lovecool 5:37
4. Once Upon 2:35
5. Honey Honey 2:18
6. Laulan Paikse Kaes 4:20
7. Soo High 3:13
8. I Luv Ctrl 3:37
9. Favourite Song (italo Interlude) 1:42
10.spiral 3:20
11. Ruff Trade 4:15