How Does One Begin, by Mary Simich

How Does One Begin

by Mary Simich

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beckylynnblanca This album is tender, whimsical, and dreamy. The songwriting is just as wonderful as Mary's incredible voice. Favorite track: How Do You Want To Die.

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1.	Introduction 00:43	buy track
2.	Little Girl 02:21	buy track
3.	Problems Of Your Past 04:32	buy track
4.	In These Times 04:56	buy track
5.	How Does One Begin 03:35	buy track
6.	Strange Feeling 05:08	buy track
7.	I Once Had A Boy 02:52	buy track
8.	Voila 02:03	buy track
9.	How Do You Want To Die 04:15	buy track
10.	Don't You Cry 03:57	buy track
11.	I Walk Alone 03:22	buy track
12.	Living Hell 03:57	buy track

about

Mary Simich grew up in California in a very musical family. Her big brothers played in Thee Cormans, who dressed up in monster costumes and played garage rock in the true Budget Rock style. For years, Mary was very content with writing songs in secret, until one day she visited some friends in Berlin and ran into King Khan at a grimy Berlin bar called Wowsville. King Khan noticed that she was traveling with her guitar, and asked her to play a song. "The room got real quiet, and Mary started singing these haunting ballads, and I knew I had to record them!" says King Khan. He invited her to his home studio and the rest was history. They recorded all 12 tracks in just a few days.

"I remember Mary being at all my shows for years, she was always the tallest one in the audience. I had no idea that she could write such beautiful music," Khan continued. "There is a timelessness in Mary's music... it makes you feel like the Manson family is lurking, and all the LA black magic folks are wearing their turtlenecks in the hot summer, and there she comes with her classical guitar, and behind her there's an altar where they would sacrifice some cherub, and when she starts to sing, angels fly out of her mouth with harps and bongos, and everyone goes 'AWWWWWW!'"

In a world filled with narcissists and vomit-inducing pop music, Mary's music is the secret elixir straight from the mysterious fountain of youth that she has kept hidden in her mind. Time has no sense or meaning in Mary's world -- there are only hideaways and secret gardens filled with an odd motley crew of hippies, beatniks, satanists, surfers, and way in the corner is Mary serenading them all by a huge bonfire, enchanting them with songs about everything from heartbreak to healing trauma.

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released March 11, 2022

Mary Simich - Vocals, Guitar, Bass & Piano
King Khan - Percussion & Guitar

All Songs by Mary Simich
Produced by A.A. Khan
Recorded at Moon Studios, Berlin
Mastered by Nene Baratto at Parc Audio, Berlin
Published by Rough Trade Publishing
Photography by Fabian Fioto
Cover Design by Nick Simich

Courtesy of Khannibalism and Ernest Jenning Record Co.

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