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Dot Allison - Exaltation Of Larks
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| An exaltation of larks? A murder of crows. A siege of herons. A charm of finches. A cast of hawks A deceit of lapwings, an ostentation of peacocks, a bouquet of pheasants, a congregation of plovers, an unkindness of ravens....full text |
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DOT Allison has always been one to do things differently. For 2002’s We Are Science, she abandoned the traditional use of the voice in song-structure and instead used it purely as an instrument often creating repetitive riffs, washes and pedals. She also teamed up with Massive Attack for two world tours, singing with them and supporting them, and even indulged Pete Doherty on his Bilo Albion acoustic tour in early 2004, just after The Libertines split....full text |
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| We may be showing our age here, but we remember when Dot Allison was the dance music fan’s pin-up of choice, thanks to her role as singer in mid-Nineties techno stars One Dove. Admired solo works, and collaborations with then-boyfriend Richard Fearless, Pete Doherty, Slam, Massive Attack and so on, cemented her latter reputation as Hoxton-bound queen of the waifs, and Exaltation Of Larks seemingly seeks to cash in on that crowd’s adulation of Bat For Lashes and the “new folk” revolution....full text |
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