Dot Allison -Consciousology -SONIC CATHEDRAL / CARGO CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. "Shyness of Crowns"
02. "Unchanged"
03. "Bleached by the Sun"
04. "Moon Flowers"
05. "220hz"
06. "Double Rainbow"
07. "Milk and Honey"
08. "Mother Tree"
09. "Weeping Roses"

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Dot Allison returns with a new solo album, Consciousology. After over a decade away, the former One Dove singer and songwriter broke cover in 2021 with Heart-Shaped Scars and this new album follows just two years later, as she hits a purple patch of songwriting. Itâ??s also her first full release for Sonic Cathedral after contributing to Mark Petersâ?? acclaimed Red Sunset Dreams last year. Consciousology finds multi-instrumentalist Dot joined by the London Contemporary Orchestra, her new labelmate Andy Bell from Ride, who plays guitar on two tracks, and Hannah Peel, who is responsible for some of the string arrangements with both the LCO and a stellar group of Scottish string players. It expands on the styles and themes of the previous album, all while pushing everything just that little bit further â?? the songs sound bigger, more avant-garde and experimental and, occasionally, properly out-there and psychedelic. â??I wanted to make some albums that felt like a set, exploring love, what lies beyond the visible and how all these aspects dovetail together,â? explains Dot. â??I see Consciousology a more psych Heart-Shaped Scars with a far fuller, more immersive sound and so, in that sense, itâ??s a more wayward, bolder, rule-breaking partner.â? Right from the eye-catching artwork by PJ Harvey collaborator Maria Mochnacz it definitely does not play it safe. It veers from the techno-played-as-folk of opener â??Shyness Of Crownsâ?? and â??220Hzâ?? and the Linda Perhacs-meets-The Velvet Underground chug of the first single â??Unchangedâ?? to the Mercury Rev-style fantasia of â??Bleached By The Sunâ??, the Brian Wilson-esque harmonies of â??Moon Flowersâ?? and the kaleidoscopic colour trip of â??Double Rainbowâ??. Elsewhere there are echoes of Desertshore-era Nico, Jack Nitzscheâ??s work with Neil Young, Karen Dalton and Anne Briggs before the relative simplicity of the Tim Hardin-inspired closer â??Weeping Rosesâ??. Itâ??s a brilliant, breathtaking record. -

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00159582

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