Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club - Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword La-Perla genre-bending versatility that only seems

genre-bending versatility that only seems to sharpen with each new effort

proves that hope doesn’t necessarily win but that

Afro-Cuban

But the first track Samira wrote for the record was actually “In My Basement Room

Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club - Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword La-Perla genre-bending versatility that only seemsAvailable on black wax This is what you get when an emcee producer is fed on a diet of abstract hip hop, Southeast Asian samples, and Taoist folklore. Together with the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club (a five piece band of up and coming musicians schooled in jazz from the local scene in Singapore), Mary Sue melts samples with live instrumentation on Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword. At the core of the album is the tale of a time traveling oracle,