Marci – Mask Lady and Late Night Girl
Marci—the project of Marta Cikojevic—releases her new album, Mask Lady and Late Night Girl, out today via Arbutus Records.
In conjunction, she releases the video for focus track, “Chaotic Princess.”
Following the “slinky, shapeshifting” (Exclaim!) “Liquid heartbeat ,” “Chaotic Princess” puts on display Marci’s ability to instantly conjure up past hits while remaining fresh, a tribute to Cikojevic and TOPS bandmate and collaborator David Carriere’s deep knowledge of pop music and playful approach to song construction. The hair metal influences come to the fore here, written and produced with Mike Silver (CFCF). The track is an unapologetically over-the-top guitar-driven banger about a crazy night out on which Cikojevic begs an officer not to take her to jail—Eddie Van Halen riding shotgun in a car with Britney at the wheel.
When we last heard from Marci, she was inviting us to dance the pain away under the glittery lights of a disco ball on 2022’s Marci. A longtime member of the Montreal group TOPS, Marci established Cikojevic as a solo artist with an intuitive understanding of pop music as a vehicle for emotional catharsis on and off the dancefloor. Four years later, Cikojevic returns with Mask Lady and Late Night Girl, another record of euphoric pop with a heart of gold, but now there’s a tinge of melancholy accompanying ebullience, a nostalgic glow around the glitter. These are party girl anthems for when the party is over, delivered with love and compassion for the good times and great memories.
With its careful balance of bittersweet and breezy sentiments, Mask Lady and Late Night Girl is a record that holds up a mirror to the dualities that define and soundtrack our lives: rock and pop, past and future, happiness and sadness, the inner and outer worlds. For Cikojevic, the heart of Mask Lady and Late Night Girl is the idea that we all have a masked woman and late night girl inside—sometimes we live as if the sun will never rise, sometimes we hide our true face from the world. The true self is somewhere between the two. “It’s anybody and nobody,” she says. “It’s you”.
This November, Marci will kick off a North America in support of Mask Lady and Late Night Girl. Beginning Tuesday, November 3rd in San Diego, the run of dates will take her across the U.S. and Canada with stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC, New York, Montreal, Toronto, and more.
Marci Tour Dates:
Tue. Nov. 3 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
Wed. Nov. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
Thu. Nov. 5 – San Francisco, CA @ Kilowatt
Fri. Nov. 6 – Portland, OR @ Show Bar
Sat. Nov. 7 – Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
Wed. Nov. 11 – Chicago @ Sleeping Village
Fri. Nov. 13 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Sat. Nov. 14 – New York, NY @ Night Club 101
Tue. Nov. 17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Philamoca
Wed. Nov. 18 – Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts
Thu. Nov. 19 – Montreal, QC @ La Sotterenea
Fri. Nov. 20 – Ottawa, ON @ 27 Club
Sat. Nov. 21 – Toronto, ON @ Garrison
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