Dot Allison - Exaltation Of Larks

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4...according to our Mingus on Thu 06 Sep, 2007.

Dot Allison: 'Exaltation Of Larks' (Cooking Vinyl), Billed as a kind of "pre-psychedelic" influenced collection of heartfelt songs summoning up her youthful experiences pitched somewhere between Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick inspired songs of longing and love. These are large stripped down guitar and voice odes with accompanying percussion and the odd fill of fiddle and strings. Produced by Kramer, this sees Dot join the legions of female singer songwriters battling it out to gain the latest crown. Not that it sounds like she's trying too hard, as this set sticks to the simple is best sensibility.

Singer and songwriter Dot Allison returns with a collection of pre-psychedelic harmony-soaked love songs on her new LP, "Exaltation Of Larks", on Monday 10th September. "Exaltation Of Larks" is a heart-rending, soul-searching album that is haunted by musical spirits of The Beach Boys, Nick Drake, Emmy-Lou, Alexander Skip Spence, Neil Young and Dusty Springfield. Joined at the production helm by Kramer, Dot has created walls of production and harmony that transport the listener to somewhere else completely (in the same way the records that inspired Dot have always transported her to another world internally). Dot Allison is one of the music business's more interesting characters. She has successfully managed to body-swerve major fame to continue to create her authentic heart-felt pop and to work with some of music's finest talents.".. the voice is like Dusty in space: soft, heart-breaking, beautiful, a hazy velveteen swoon..." Uncut"Among Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick and those sixties vocalists... Dot Allison is walking tall in their footsteps, blazing a whole new road to San Jose..." Rolling Stone"Dot is like some genius child locked in the attic of the music industry” - Pete Doherty

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