{"id":264,"date":"2006-08-24T18:30:07","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=264"},"modified":"2006-08-24T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2006-08-24T17:30:07","slug":"dot-allison-beneath-the-ivy-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"dot allison &#8211; beneath the ivy ep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">first up, if there is anyone out there who recall  <STRONG>dot allison<\/STRONG> then they may not be aware of the fact she is back  on the release schedule after a lengthy time away from the solo artist spotlight  (hanging out on tour duty with <STRONG>massive attack<\/STRONG> has kept her  busy).&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">having worked with all manner of quality leftfield  producers over the years, when i heard she was teaming up with <STRONG>bomb the  bass<\/STRONG> bloke, <EM>tim simenone<\/EM>, i was rather chuffed. there i was  expecting lots of rumbling dub bass, and lovely laid back moods all wrapped  around dots trademarked vocals. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">well, the 3 track ep turned up yesterday, and it&#8217;s  quite a shock. you see, i loved the reggae tinged pop of <STRONG>one  dove<\/STRONG>, fell totally in with the cinematic pop of her 2 solo albums,  (<EM>we are science<\/EM> was years ahead of the electro blowup and still sounds  totally fantastic). this time around, much of the music is all stripped back  acoustic guitar&nbsp;and little else. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">while the results are naturally gorgeous, to hear  such open music from someone who is normally so elusive, (did you read that <A href=\"http:\/\/www.playlouder.com\">playlouder<\/A> interview&nbsp;&#8211; a&nbsp; perfect  example of how to answer questions and reveal absolutely nothing !) is quite a  strange experience.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">once the shock subsides,&nbsp;you are left with an  ep of 3 tracks in which dots whispered vocals are as fantastic as ever.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">opening with &#8216;<EM>quicksand<\/EM>&#8216; the song is like  some lost paene to innocent times before pain and regret become part of daily  life, not easy listening but rather wonderful.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">i have to say, however, that the second track is by  far the most compelling. &#8216;<EM>blade of words<\/EM>&#8216; the atmosphere (with a chunk  of widescreen production!) is one of foreboding intensity, a bass drone, far  away noises, a sitar (perhaps) being plucked,&nbsp;with dot repeating the  phrase, <EM>&#8216;i saw the razor under your tongue<\/EM>&#8216; over and over to chilling  effect.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the ep then retreats back to the bare bones with  the final track, <EM>paper rose<\/EM>, acoustic guitar and violin sit behind dot,  ending up sounding like some long lost folk song that local people in pubs on  islands far far away from civilisation sing on a dark and stormy night (can you  tell i only recently watched the original wickerman movie .. ). <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">if you are lonesome and drfiting around emotionally  as the autumn approaches, then this ep could indeed be the answer to all your  needs.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">out sept 05th<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">more detail : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.dotallison.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; first up, if there is anyone out there who recall dot allison then they may not be aware of the fact she is back on the release schedule after a lengthy time away from the solo artist spotlight (hanging out on tour duty with massive attack has kept her busy).&nbsp; having worked with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singles-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}