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My debut album, out October 2020

Nan previously fronted an electronica band, Pink Pompeii, which was named after one of her original songs about a not-so-natural disaster. With Pink Pompeii, she created two albums, De Rigueur (2010) and Pomp (2012).   

Nan’s debut solo album, Rich Inner Life, finally presents Pink Pompeii, the song, which could masquerade as a fun-loving theme for a kid’s show. A pair of dark love ballads, Lobotomy and Dahmer, bookend the album, while lighter fare dealing with aging, divorce, death, and the meaning of life are sandwiched in between. Even the hook of the only straight-up rock song of the album is taken from a Gregorian chant tune that is typically used in classical music to signify impending doom.   

Some of these songs are so personal that they were never a good fit for her other projects. Others songs were just too weird. Some of these songs have been languishing without public expression for almost 20 years.  After three years of recording and tweaking, the twelve misfit songs of Rich Inner Life are finally about to emerge.   

Still not sure what the album is like? Well, imagine if Dresden Dolls and They Might Be Giants got together to play in a cello choir while Regina Spektor crashed their rehearsal and added alternating vocal impressions of Disney princesses and villains.   

That’s the sound of Rich Inner Life. It’s dark, playful, and quirky, driven by imaginative lyrics and whiplash-inducing changes in style.

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    Portrait 2:42
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    Perfect Man 3:14
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    Anyway Today 2:56
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    Natural Selection 2:54
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    You Never Know 3:19
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    Pretty Is 4:14
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    Bad Boy 3:18
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    20 Questions 3:28
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    Monster 3:43
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    The Dahmer Song 3:47
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    Pink Pompeii 3:41
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The Dahmer Song

7/31/20

 

As an empath, I am constantly putting myself in someone else’s shoes.

 

But have I gone too far this time?

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Bad Boy

7/24/20

There are

two sides

to every

story...

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Pretty Is

6/26/20

Pretty is as pretty does. Actions speak louder than words. Beauty is only skin deep. You get the idea. 

This song features two incredible musicians: Molly O’Roark on harp and Marc Miller on double bass. These people are so beautiful inside and out - and can play the #$%@ out of their instruments!

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Natural Selection

6/5/20

What is love? Is it something that is written in the stars, something predetermined? Does each of us have a soulmate? The poet inside me wants to say yes, but the rationalist says no. Attraction is actually a chemical process in our brains. When I read a particular scientific study about what love actually is, it felt like a let-down. But when I really thought about it, I realized that kind of chemistry is truly amazing.

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Perfect Man

7/17/20

 

It doesn’t take much - just love me. How hard can that be? 

 

Wait, don’t answer that.

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Monster

7/3/20

Symphonic metal meets a choir of angels meets Godzilla. This song is a musical glimpse into the bipolar mind. Driven by Kerry Denton's maniacal beat, with screaming guitar solos from Mike Martin, it'll blow your hair back. In a good way.

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