Rebecca Feynberg
Rebecca Feynberg
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About Rebecca Feynberg
Rebecca Feynberg first gained notice with a small but dedicated cult following in her native Guelph, Ontario. Her literate and highly personal songwriting won over fans and critics all across Canada, and soon she was imported by record producer Kim Fowley (of Runaways fame) to the United States. After releasing her eponymous debut album to mixed reviews, she returned to Guelph, enlisting the help of a new backing band to record her second album, "Another Side of Rebecca Feynberg". The album was a hit among the music critics, with Mojo Magazine calling it "a shot to the heart with kinetic live-band energy and coffee-house intimacy." The record made many year-end top 10 lists, with her singles "Should Have Been" and "(You Have) Six Smiles" reaching numbers 16 and 27, respectively, on the charts. After the success of "Another Side", she released "In My Time of the Gallows", a largely avant-garde record, produced by John Cale. The record was praised for its audacity, ethereal melodies and "wall-of-sound ambiance", with the Tufnel Reader calling it "a 'musique concrète' masterpiece, ranking alongside Steve Reich and Karlheinz Stochhausen." However, the album failed to find an audience, debuting at number 144 on the Billboard charts. Following the commercial failure of "Gallows", taking advice from the moribund Lee Hazlewood, Feynberg traveled to Sweden to record what would be known as her magnum opus, 2007's "The Great Purge". She embraced a stripped-down sound for the album and recorded "The Great Purge" without the assistance of a backing band. The album, which was considered her most mature work to date, juxtaposed her feelings of public scrutiny and alienation with the Stalinist Purges of the 1930s, creating a surreal homology between totalitarian dictatorship and the increasing pressures of the media. The album landed on many year-end top 10 lists, but Feynberg shunned the spotlight, choosing instead to continue her college education. She currently attends Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey. Recently, media outlets reported that Feynberg had been dating indie-hipster-darling Zach Braff, but her publicist quickly dispelled the rumors, insisting that Rebecca is focusing on her academics. Rebecca is a devout Druid, and enjoys windsurfing. Her dislikes include "eggplant, in any shape or form."
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