The title of her much-discussed first single Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole suggested that we are with Martha Wainwright - after older brother , father and mother the fourth talent from this special musical family - to do with an 'angry young woman'. Nothing could be further from the truth, the music on her self-titled debut album is of a modest beauty. The quite complex backing vocals are reminiscent
… of the music of her brother Rufus, in whose band she gained several years of experience. Even the aforementioned song, in which she tells her father the truth, according to good family practice, is more a sincere cry of despair than an ordinary shouting match. There are similarities with the music of her family members, but at the same time she has a completely unique hoarse voice and phrasing. Martha's debut album is convincing proof that musicality is at least partly hereditary. (MS)more