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SUMMARY:Alison Cotton plus support
DESCRIPTION:Alison returns to Bishops' House with a set of haunting\, folk 
 based songs.  Heavy Drones. In a word "Mesmerising\,"Alison Cotton present
 s The Portrait You Painted of Me\, her recent 6-track album – her first 
 for Rocket Recordings (released on Feeding Tube in the USA). Like Alison
 ’s previous solo albums\, the touchstones of her immersive sound are vio
 la\, harmonium and voice\, merged together to create a rich suite of songs
 .‘Mumurations Over the Moor’ is a wordless piece of layered vocals\, d
 rifting like fog towards a sunset over the green undulations of North East
  England (from where she hails). ‘The Last Wooden Ship’ evokes the shi
 pyards of Sunderland using droning harmonium and viola lines\, laced with 
 piano and percussion events\, while her voice calls out like one of Tim Bu
 ckley’s Sirens urging listeners to a rocky demise.\n\nThe structure and 
 sound is reminiscent of a post-modern approach to lyrical concerns dealt w
 ith by folk singers of the British ‘60s\, but the actual arrangement is 
 closer to something John Cale might have done with Nico on The Marble Inde
 x. As with its predecessors\, The Portrait You Painted of Me was recorded 
 at home in London\, beautifully produced by Alison’s partner\, Mark Nich
 olas\, and it contains all the elements that result in the sombre\, exquis
 ite melancholy she creates. This is some serious and remarkable stuff.\n\n
 “An eerie\, lost folk horror soundtrack glinting in the sunshine.” The
  Guardian\n\n“Following an arcane ritual.”The Wire\n\n“The power of 
 this music is simply awe-inspiring.” The Quietus\n\n“Folorn\, hypnotic
  drone hymns for an ancient haunted England.” Mojo\n\n“Alison’s ever
  expanding stained glass window continues to beam with unearthly light.”
  Shindig\n\nhttps://alisoncotton-uk.bandcamp.com/
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