This one waltzes through its cycle with frothy singles for swizzling down, sweet and loopy as fresh funnel cake pie. Instead of insidious rendezvous and star-crossed desire, there are trucks and balloons and fun and the possibility of handholding on a porch swing. Summertime is Mandell’s favorite time, and as the days heat up we’re pleased to present Miss Eleni’s Miscellany-time Summer Mix.
Photo / Dan Monick Eleni Mandell lives for the summer.
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Eleni Mandell Miscellany-time Summer Mix
Eleni Mandell is one of the most artistically interesting, best writer/musicians you may not have heard yet.
Consider this a Paul Revere-ride declaration of independent music day. I am on a high horse, riding out the waves of my last painkiller of the week (long story) to announce Eleni Mandell will be performing at the Tin Angel this Friday in all of her old Hollywood glamour and spilled sugar cart-noir, smoldering splendor.
It’s no secret that I’ve been a big fan of Miss Eleni since being given her 2004 album Afternoon – the title track included as a favorite in my own requisite Mix Tape roundup at the end of last year. The latest record, Miracle of Five, is a departure from previous albums in that it’s lighter on the signature sauce and sass-backwards femininity that twists, pops and crackles with the sexiest of come-hither crooning.
