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NYC's enigmatic chanteuse announced her arrival back in 1993 via a thoroughly gripping performance in support of a once popular but now largely forgotten singer-songwriter named Liz Phair. Blessed with one of the most haunting set of musical skills this side of Crystal Gayle - pipes that soar and scratch like mad eagles, a chiming sui generis guitar style for which she should get more credit - Chan takes hypnotic journeys which listeners feel compelled to blindly follow. Back in print, a first-time U.S. release of Chan Marshall's 1995 debut. Eight glorious tracks, including a cover of Tom Waits's "Yesterday Is Here", with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth on drums and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar on guitar.