Anna Nalick

Anna Nalick should be singing jazz or swing music -- she's got phrasing Beyonce would kneecap for. Alas, Wreck of the Day focuses on perfectly nice singer-songwriter-next-door-style fare. It's all very enjoyable, but she should focus more on numbers like the title track and "Satellite."

Twenty-year-old Cali cutie Anna Nalick has a strong voice that summons comparisons to
Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette, and her songwriting has enough depth to be taken
seriously but is light enough to make it on the radio. Wreck of the Day, her eleven-song
debut, never quite leaves the coffee shop, stylistically -- guitars are strummed, not
crunched; drums are brushed, never pounded. "Breathe (2 am)" is the obvious h... More >