New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Because she knows there's not much difference between an epic roundup and a galactic rodeo, singer-songwriter Denise Marsa identifies with the cowgirl and the alien. In her long and varied career in music, she's been the interstellar traveler, brave enough to cut the cord and float in space, and she's been the traditionalist, a firm believer in the basics, rooted in classic rock history. She's stood in the center spotlight; she's been a side-person; she's entrenched herself in the underground. All of that experience is audible in the music she makes - music written and performed with the urgency of punk rock, the passion of the blues, and the muscle of classic rock and roll.
"FLOAT (The Cowgirl & The Alien)," her latest single, showcases both sides of Denise Marsa's artistic personality. The cowgirl is present in the tough, uncompromising guitar arrangement, the sinewy, blues-drenched vocal performance, and the illustrative lyric, which firmly bonds the track to pop-rock storytelling tradition. But the alien is here, too. She drifts through the echoes and the spacy effects, the synthesizer, and the ambient sounds. Most of all, the alien is palpable in the spirit of the song - its sense of quiet destabilization, longing, and questing.
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