MNRK MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER VINYL PRINTING OF WIDELY INFLUENTIAL SINGER-SONGWRITER POEโS SEMINAL DEBUT ALBUM HELLO
RELEASING ON RECORD STORE DAY APRIL 22
MNRK Music Group has announced the first ever vinyl printing of singer-songwriter Poeโs widely-influential debut album Hello for Record Store Day on April 22, 2023. Originally released in 1995, Hello received universal acclaim.
The New York Times listed Poe as among the defining voices of a female “movement in music,” Esquire named her one of the top 5 “Women Who Rock Our World” in 1997, and Glen Ballard – producer of the iconic Alanis Morissette album Jagged Little Pill – cites Hello as one of his biggest influences at theย time:
โIt was a brilliant record that had jazz influence, hip hop, electronic, rock. It was a hybrid of the first degree. It blew my mind.โ ~Producer Glenn Ballard
Dubbed the โdaughter of the electronic revolutionโ by Elle Magazine, Poe was one of the first artists to embrace the internet, cultivating a two-way relationship with her fanbase, garnering a devoted online following and connecting herself with fans in a way reflective of modern social media that had never truly been seen before. Poeโs โunheard of and pretty phenomenal” presence earned her the title of โweb divaโ from USA Today.
Poeโs pioneering, DIY ethos is reflected all throughout Hello, especially on the track โFingertips,โ an early collaboration with late Detroit producer & rapper J Dilla.
โMost people donโt even realize thereโs a J Dilla track hiding on there,โ says Sheri Howell, VP of Music at MTV at the time Hello originally came out. “It was such a multi-genre mashup, and I think you can hear the album’s influence on so many others that came after it. It was ahead of its time.”
News of the rerelease of Hello for Record Store Day came as a pleasant surprise to Poe, who, as a crate-digger from way back, says she has always wanted to hear Hello on vinyl โto honor all the great samples on it that came from vinyl.โ
Poe
Hello
(MNRK Music Group)
Release Date: April 22, 2023
Artistย Links
SPILL MUSIC PREMIERE: THE PINK DUST – “HELLO”
SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: MOZES AND THE FIRSTBORN – DADCORE
