Robin Allender
The Bird And The World

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OXFORD/BRISTOL/LEEDS BASED LABEL DREAMBOAT DELIVERS THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM BRISTOL BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER ROBIN ALLENDER: HIS FINGER-PICKED FUZZFOLK HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF ELLIOTT SMITH, BILL CALLAHAN, MARTINCARTHY AND MARK MOTHERSBAUGH. HIS DEBUT ALBUM, THE BIRD AND THE WORD,WILL BE RELEASED ON DREAMBOAT RECORDS IN JULY.AFTER AN APPRENTICESHIP ON THE BRISTOL SCENE IN BANDS SUCH AS KOYAANISQATSIAND AZALEA CITY PENIS CLUB, ALLENDER BEGAN TO RECORD HIS OWN MATERIAL IN2004. A SUCCESSFUL SELF-RELEASED DEMO, A GROWING LIVE REPUTATION AND AN ONLINEBUZZ BROUGHT HIM TO THE STUDIO IN 2006 AND 2007, WHERE HE PUT TOGETHERHIS DEBUT ALBUM. THE BIRD AND THE WORD IS EXPERIMENTAL FOLK, WITHHUSHED VOCALS, UNUSUAL POP ARRANGEMENTS AND THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF PERCUSSIONAND OTHER INSTRUMENTS.ALLENDER PERFORMS BOTH ALONE AND WITH HIS NEW BAND: ALEX WILKINS (GUITAR),SAM TARBUCK (BASS) AND DAVE COLLINGWOOD OF GRAVENHURST (DRUMS). HE IS ALREADYWORKING ON A RECORD WITH HIS FULL BAND. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF NICKTALBOT