Comes in a lovely digipak, with artwork by Nicole Aline Legault and lyric booklet and layout by Jessica Rhaye.
Includes unlimited streaming of Storm
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
12" vinyl (gold) of my latest album. Vinyl sleeve has two images by Cherakee Andresen. The lyric insert includes a panorama of the single artwork on one side, and stunning artwork and lyrics on the other side. Artwork by Nicole Aline Legault, and layout by Jessica Rhaye.
Includes unlimited streaming of Storm
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 6 days
$40CADor more
The 'Storm Temporary Tattoo Pack' was designed by Christina Martin and Nicole Aline Legault, and includes eight album-themed socially responsible temporary minimalist tattoos that last 2-4 days. The order comes with one hand written custom wildflower seed postcard from Christina.
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'Stay with Me' is Christina's first single from her imminent new album. The song launched with a music video in Fall 2021. The full-album 'Storm' will launch in Fall 2023.
The single artwork was a magical collaboration between Christina and Montreal based visual artist Nicole Aline Legault.
Each limited edition puzzle is 250 pieces, is the size of a traditional Vinyl cover (12 inches x 12 inches) and fits nicely inside an album cover frame!
Puzzles come with a personalized post card from Christina!
You can even have your puzzle box autographed.
If you'd like to order different puzzles within the same shipment, and save on shipping, please email Christina at christina@christinamartin.net to confirm availability of the other puzzles, confirm payment details and selections BEFORE placing your order.
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edition of 12
6 remaining
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In Control is is Christina's second single from her imminent new album. The song launched with a music video in Spring 2022. The full-album 'Storm' will launch in Fall 2023.
The single artwork was a magical collaboration between Christina and Montreal based visual artist Nicole Aline Legault.
Each limited edition puzzle is 250 pieces, is the size of a traditional Vinyl cover (12 inches x 12 inches) and fits nicely inside an album cover frame!
Puzzles come with a personalized post card from Christina!
You can even have your puzzle box autographed.
If you'd like to order different puzzles within the same shipment, and save on shipping, please email Christina at christina@christinamartin.net to confirm availability of the other puzzle selections BEFORE placing your order.
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edition of 12
8 remaining
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Little Princess is Christina's third single from her imminent new album. The song launches August 14, 2023 with a music video. The full-album 'Storm' will launch in Fall 2023.
The single artwork was a magical collaboration between Christina and Montreal based visual artist Nicole Aline Legault.
Each limited edition puzzle is 250 pieces, is the size of a traditional Vinyl cover (12 inches x 12 inches) and fits nicely inside an album cover frame!
Puzzles come with a personalized post card from Christina!
You can even have your puzzle box autographed.
If you'd like to order different puzzles within the same shipment, and save on shipping, please email Christina at christina@christinamartin.net to confirm availability of the other puzzle selections BEFORE placing your order.
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edition of 12
7 remaining
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Storm is Christina's fourth single from her imminent new album. The single and music video launches in August 2023. The full-album 'Storm' will launch September 1, 2023.
The single artwork was a magical collaboration between Christina and Montreal based visual artist Nicole Aline Legault.
Each limited edition puzzle is 250 pieces, is the size of a traditional Vinyl cover (12 inches x 12 inches) and fits nicely inside an album cover frame!
Puzzles come with a personalized post card from Christina!
You can even have your puzzle autographed.
If you'd like to order different puzzles within the same shipment, and save on shipping, please email Christina at christina@christinamartin.net to confirm availability of the other puzzle selections BEFORE placing your order.
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edition of 12
6 remaining
$50CADor more
'Storm' is Christina's new album of 11 songs, launching September 1,2023.
The album cover artwork was a magical collaboration between Christina and Montreal based visual artist Nicole Aline Legault.
Each limited edition puzzle is 250 pieces, is the size of a traditional Vinyl cover (12 inches x 12 inches) and fits nicely inside an album cover frame!
Puzzles come with a personalized post card from Christina!
You can even have your puzzle autographed.
If you'd like to order different puzzles within the same shipment, and save on shipping, please email Christina at christina@christinamartin.net to confirm availability of the other puzzle selections BEFORE placing your order.
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In Control is a pounding percussion-led odyssey about the battle between the need to feel in control, and the need to just let loose.
“This song is about wanting to return to a feeling of being in control, but only after letting go and experiencing some of the human vices that lead to temporary pleasure. I’m pretty well practiced at living a routine, discipline and healthy life, but I’m still a mess a lot of the time, and turn to my sources for help getting back to the sense of feeling in control.”
Grappling with the all-too-common clash between the desire for control over one’s life and the temptation to throw caution to the wind. It finds Martin doing what she does best, taking the deeply raw and personal, making it something instantly relatable, and firing it off in a sonic barrage that grabs you by the scruff and won’t let go. With clunking drums and broiling guitars swirling like whirlpools beneath, and Martin’s restless vocals gliding delicately over it all.
Tackling hefty themes, In Control is very much a song of two emotions, split egos crashing against the edges of the record. Order and chaos slugging it out to that brawny, arena-inflected drumbeat. The verses march relentlessly, whipped along by a crunchy rock guitar with the ghostly, echo-lathered backing vocals sending a spear of anxiety right through the middle. Yet occasionally the song breaks fleetingly into major key, like a whale breaking the surface, unashamedly hopeful with soaring Bowie-tinged synths. Neither part sticks around for too long either - the whole affair is a gripping musical tug of war.
Martin’s lyrics are typically piercing. She artfully sketches the portrait of a figure fighting to keep control of their life, whilst the desire to hang the rules and consequences with them tugs at every line. Simple, powerful, and enigmatic all at once, like a frantic internal monologue ebbing and flowing in time to the music. Martin’s vocal delivery is characterful, desperate yet heavy with the world’s troubles, and occasionally rising to a furious frustrated cry.
The majority of the track was recorded in the century-old Capitol Theatre, an Art Deco antique in Oxford, Nova Scotia not a stone’s throw from Martin’s home. With those growling lead guitars, bass, pounding drums laid as the bedrock, the track also features all manner of sonic delights from synths, stomps, claps, clangs and cowbells all drizzled on top. Raw and resolute, In Control is a thoughtful, hypnotic outing for Martin with a real emotional undertow. An anxious, urgent march that packs all the punch of a thundercrack.
lyrics
I’ve grown tired, living so clean
All I wanna do
Is run right back on down to hell
And have some drinks with you
We don’t need to be gone for long
Bring along some dirty jokes
My life is good
I still have pain
I still feel broke
Don’t worry baby
I’m in control
When I get scared
I read about us in a book
That someone famous wrote
When I go, I always come back
Two nights of debauchery
Is just the thing I need
To bring me back to life
You and me
Have been here before
This path feels good
This path feels right
Let's pick it up
I knew I would
I thought you might
Don’t worry baby,
I’ve got your back
When I get scared
I read about us in a book
That someone famous wrote
Wake up and remember this bliss
My heart beats strong
So keep it up
There’s nothing wrong
Nothing to miss
I need your kiss
Don’t worry baby,
I’ll take this on
When I get scared
I read about us in a book
That someone famous wrote
When I get scared I read about us in a book
That someone famous wrote
When I get scared I read about us in a book
That someone famous wrote
credits
from Storm,
released September 1, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Christina Martin
Produced by Christina Martin & Dale Murray
Engineered and Mixed by Dale Murray
Mastered by Dave McNair
Drums – Brian Murray
Bass Guitar – Jason Vautour
Guitars – Dale Murray
Percussion – Jordi Comstock
Sonic Delights – Christina Martin & Dale Murray
Christina Martin is a powerhouse musician, songsmith, and performer hailing from the windswept East Coast of Canada. Her
music dances effortlessly through Pop, Rock, Folk and Americana traditions but stays deftly unchained by any one label, refusing to be pigeon-holed and unafraid to dip into stranger waters. Martin is an artist who is constantly shifting, and constantly evolving....more
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