Madi Diaz’s “songcraft is always piercing” – Pitchfork. Last year, she released the “intimate,honest, and immediate” – FLOOD Fatal Optimist via ANTI-, leading to widespread acclaim and packed shows across the country. Fatal Optimist “scales back [Diaz’s] sound, but not herdevastating emotional honesty” – Rolling Stone which rings especially true in her stunning NPR Tiny Desk performance. With just an acoustic guitar and her voice, Diaz is absolutely magnetic as she plays a timeless set spanning 2021’sHistory Of A Feeling, 2024’s Weird Faith, and Fatal Optimist. Today’s Tiny Desk Concert follows the wide release of Enema Of The Garden State, Diaz’s blink-182covers album, following the Bandcamp release that benefited Defending Our Neighbours Fund
Watch Madi Diaz’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Praise for Madi Diaz
“MadFew artists can completely dismantle your heart, fill it with wonder and awe at the miracle of life, and put it back together quite like Madi Diaz.” — NPR Music
“[Fatal Optimist is] deeply sparse and stripped-down, driven primarily by Diaz’s strong yet uncannily tender voice and acoustic guitar.” – The New York Times
“[Fatal Optimist] is one of 2025’s most gripping.” – Los Angeles Times
Madi Diaz
Fatal Optimist
Purchase/Stream Fatal Optimist
Tracklist:
- Hope Less
- Ambivalence
- Feel Something
- Good Liar
- Lone Wolf
- Heavy Metal
- If Time Does What It’s Supposed To
- Flirting
- Why’d You Have To Bring Me Flowers
- Time Difference
- Fatal Optimist
Madi Diaz
Enema Of The Garden State
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