Matchbox Rec 
Mary : In the head of a dreamer (DK,2006)**°
This release is much more pop and poprock related than all the other items listed on these pages, with a strong band sound, good voice, some good sax and bass clarinet additions by Torben Snekkestad and much more. The singing is done with such variations and repetitions that benefit that sound, with a certain influence from some poprock groups like perhaps Cranberries and with some ideas from certain soloists with a rockband like perhaps Kate Bush, with most focus on the “good” performance, and on the keeping the “strong”, attractive poprock sound, sometimes becoming a bit cleaner in the deeper content (the phrase “will you be there” for instance is overly repeated, but almost everywhere the effect has the focused and very solidly produced result with a certain dynamic roll). To uplift this to something more special a slightly jazzy touch is added here and there in the band performance. Enjoyable.
