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SEPTEMBER 8�15, 2021
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Choir! Choir! Choir! teaches the audience to sing as a group, records the per-
formance, then posts it on YouTube.
us on the journey with her. It’s
The Associated Press
Madi Diaz
also one Zedd remix away from
CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR!
‘HISTORY OF A FEELING,’
MADI DIAZ
I
S
takes the stage to teach the
can be a melancholy sort.
audience to sing as a group, then
When I get that way, I often turn records the performances and
to music either to lift me from
puts them on YouTube.
whatever sadness needled its
The most recent video I can fi nd
way inside my being or to work
is of Abba’s “Mamma Mia” at a full
through it.
concert hall. But the band’s trove
I’m partial to ‘80s pop and
of videos includes redemptions of
metal and ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll, but
Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time,”
when I get down, rather than
Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”
a genre, I tend to seek choral
and even Elvis’ “Suspicious Minds,”
works of modern songs. Some-
along with Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” and
thing about people coming
Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy.” From clas-
together to make a joyful noise,
sic rock to country to metal, this
I guess. So I’m a big fan of the
choir gives all kinds of genres a go.
Canadian duo Choir! Choir! Choir!
Choir! Choir! Choir! often is fun
This team fl ipped the script
to behold, the kind of stuff that
on choirs. Rather than a chorus
can pop a melancholic balloon.
of singers taking the stage for
— PHIL WRIGHT, NEWS EDITOR,
an audience, Choir! Choir! Choir!
EAST OREGONIAN
inger-songwriter Madi
Diaz is simply stunning on
“History of a Feeling,” the debut
album with her new label ANTI-.
Rage, despair, love and loss
are all evocatively explored with
Diaz’s voice carrying the day as
the best instrument in the studio.
On “Nervous,” over a bed of
muted guitar, Diaz displays so
much natural control over her
voice it’s as though she is play-
ing it like a fl ute. Through speed
variations and pitch changes, she
being an EDM hit, but I digress.
The best track, easily, is “Man
in Me.” It’s a scorching exami-
nation of love and passion, the
things we wish we could take
back (while knowing it’s too
late), and if any song in 2021 will
make you reach faster for a box
of tissues and double-churned
ice cream, this might be it.
Madi Diaz has been on a
steady build for the past de-
cade. “History of a Feeling” is a
shining release and proves her
best is here and ahead.
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