Forget the porcelain figurine and tinkling melodies you’d expect from a music box. Bernice Marsala has other plans. Music Box by Bernice Marsala shatters the glass slipper—a provocative collision of tinkling bells and distorted riffs that reimagines the music box ballerina as a rock siren.

Childhood toys simply pale in comparison to the velvety contralto of Bernice Marsala, who has managed to merge rock with your long-held dream, and did so stylishly, stunningly beautifully. Imagine that emerging from an ornate antique box is not a ballerina, but a goth girl, or perhaps even a brunette on a pole in a red leotard with gorgeous ruffles, performing something far from instrumental classics.

When I turned on Music Box, I was plunged into a world of glass Christmas ornaments for only the briefest moment before the roar of an electric guitar cut through everything. The icy tinkle of bells was a short-lived prelude to the vocal surprise. The juicy, velvety, spine-tinglingly sinful contralto was a real surprise for me. The xylophone bells only added sweetness to the image, like charm to a glamorous pole dancer. Marsala masterfully revealed what men want to receive when they open a modern porcelain music box.

The entire secret of Music Box’s beauty lies in the unusual combination of electronics, velvety vocals, and glamorous instrumental flourishes. No matter how much musicians have tried to add something unusual to rock, no one has yet managed to play up the xylophone tinkling of a music box, the electric guitar line with an enveloping contralto. Bernice Marsala tried to sing as harshly as possible, adding softness only to the choruses. The light, low, velvety voice pierces you to the bone, slowly moving from a whisper to a lush chorus. And all of this only to finish the dynamic, vibrant track with glassy Christmas baubles that added glamour to the entire track.

Music Box by Bernice Marsala is a gothic cherry on a glamorous cake of cream, proving that beauty is not just rock, glamour, or childhood. Only through the contrast of the familiar with the unusual can you build something that makes you fall in love, that will be remembered, that fills the space. Listening to it, I discovered a new understanding of beauty, something I previously considered incompatible. If you want to bring a special mood to your celebration, then Music Box by Bernice Marsala is just what you need. It made me reconsider values, rejoice, be surprised. A real New Year’s gift that’s worth unwrapping just like that, for the mood.

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