In 2010, Father/Daughter Records was born out of a simple idea that independent music thrives when artists are given space to take risks, experiment, and build community. To mark its 15th anniversary, the label invited current artists and longtime alumni to draw from the catalog and recast the songs in their own light.
For the third installment, Anjimile blankets Pickle Darling’s quiet hymn to self-doubt, “Marcie" off the album Laundromat. In Anjimile's hands, the song expands into a flickering meditation on vulnerability and self-truth, an homage that is both relatable and resonant with his tremulous voice threading the song's lo-fi lightness into new eyes. The track is like a conversation across time zones and temperaments, one songwriter reaching gently toward another.
"Marcie" follows mui zyu's cover of Shamir and Anna McClellan's retake of Esther Rose, a project that doubles as a love letter to the label’s past and future. "Marcie" is the third of six covers to be rolled out weekly. The next F/D Fifteen song arrives November 13th.
“I love Pickle Darling, and it was a pretty quick and easy decision to cover “Marcie”. It’s a beautifully written song, and it was a pleasure to try and do it justice with a cover.” -Anjimile
"Hearing this for the first time was magical! I absolutely adore Anjimile’s music, I’m a huge fan of their records, and I am so honored they chose one of my songs. I wrote "Marcie" about stage fright, and I used to start my shows with it to kind of tackle the stage fright head on. So if I was shaky and nervous it kind of justified itself as being part of the song." -Pickle Darling