Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land is the fifth studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina, released on 11 June 2021 through Atlantic Records. She began songwriting for the project in Summer 2019, around the time she released her 4th studio album,”Love + Fear”. The album was preceded by releases of four of its tracks as singles: “Man’s World”, “Purge the Poison”, the title track, “Venus Fly Trap”, each having a music video. The deluxe edition was released on 7 January 2022.
“Happy Loner”, originally an unreleased song, was released by Diamandis on 3 December 2021 to promote the deluxe version of her album. This was followed on the deluxe album release date of 7 January 2022 with “Pink Convertible” being released as a single.
Tracklist:
1.”Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land”
2.”Venus Fly Trap”
3.”Man’s World”
4.”Purge the Poison”
5.”Highly Emotional People”
6.”New America”
7.”Pandora’s Box”
8.”I Love You but I Love Me More”
9.”Flowers”
10.”Goodbye”
Deluxe Edition:
11.”Happy Loner”
12.”Pink Convertible”
13.”Free Woman”
14.”Venus Fly Trap” (demo version)
15.”Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land” (demo version)
OVERALL RATING: 4½ stars
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