Life Drawing Without Instruction

by Selina Martin

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I added a photo of a letter the illustrious and irrepressible and brilliant musical/visual artist Mendelson Joe sent me in 2021. He has been a lovely supporter of this album from the very beginning.

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1.	Ordinary Love 05:12	buy track
2.	Don't Bring Me Down 04:44	buy track
3.	Edward Can't Win 05:26	buy track
4.	20 Miles 02:04	buy track
5.	The Lost Man 03:01	buy track
6.	For Love 02:49	buy track
7.	11 Ways to Get Into the House 03:22	buy track
8.	Saskatchewan 03:54	buy track
9.	Talk to Me 03:55	buy track
10.	Next Big Thing 04:03	buy track
11.	The Train Ride 04:03	buy track

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Album #2 in the development/progression of Martin’s idiosyncratic pop. Co-produced by Annelise Noronha and Michael Phillip Wojewoda, with shout-outs to The Clash, The Boomtown Rats and featuring a whole other band (St. Dirt Elementary School) on two of the tracks. The song “20 Miles” was featured in the classic Canadian road movie “One Week”.

The front and back of the disc display two sides of an original painting by Martin Tielli. It depicts Selina on a stack of hay bales in a field on the farm where she was raised under a full moon.

★★★★ 4/4 stars - "Selina Martin has the voice of a thrift-shop angel and the eye of an eagle circling over its prey" - The Globe & Mail

★★★★ "Life Drawing Without Instruction is a compelling collection showcasing Martin's musicianship, vocal talent and songwriting ability" - Vue Weekly

★★★★ "Martin revels in the unexpected on her tough, tender, and frequently astounding sophomore effort" - Ottawa Xpress

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released May 13, 2005

Annelise Noronha, Dave Clark, Leonardo Valvassori, Rob Carson, Greg Smith, Julia Hambleton, Martin Tielli, Michael Phillip Wojewoda, St. Dirt Elementary School, Sarah McElcheran, Steven Donald, Kevin Fox, Bethany Bergman, Nancy Kershaw, Kathleen Kajioka.

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Selina Martin Toronto, Ontario

This France-based Canadian songwriter fuses organic instrumentation, samples, field recordings, physical synths as well as plug-ins plus vocal improvisation in a buoyant expansion of genres that could be described as electro-post-rock, or singer-songwriter art-pop or simply experimental pop. (with a slightly punk sensibility). ... more

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