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Martha Wainwright the solo opener was no different than Martha Wainwright, stage left. Behind, in front, on the side—that's irrelevant. To sing is the thing. Like her brother's, her drugs songwriting drugs style both acknowledges her famous folkie parents (Loudon the III and Kate McGarrigle) and disregards them, making way for modern, irreverent, loose-lipped torch songs where "love" is not the only four-letter word. Check the title track of this self- released EP. Over an acoustic guitar and sparse, slow keyboard lines, Wainwright repeats, "Oh, you bloody mother fucking asshole," with sweet, throaty determination, turning it drugs into an odd little pet name. Borrowing "Pretty Good Day" from her father's catalog, her expressive, upside-down hopefulness is backed by a quiet, twangy pull. Wainwright told the UK's Guardian Unlimited that she tried acting, for no other reason than to differentiate herself from her family, but found it unsatisfying; and while she's yet to find commercial success in the music business on par with that of the rest of her family, it seems inevitable.
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