Album cover: Shannon McArdle, “Summer of the Whore”

Shannon McArdle

Summer of the Whore

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Ten songs brimming with disappointment but thick with grit, McArdle's chin set, eyes mere slits, staring at you. McArdle's smokey alto allows just enough breath to haunt—and smite—her demons. "Poison My Cup" and "Paint the Walls" perfectly admit the masochism of walking away; ". . . Whore" satisfies the sadism.

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Words by Ari Sommer
Photos by David Ewald

Published on melophobe November 7, 2008.

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