Biography: Singer Alison Statton, born in Cardiff,Wales, began her music career with enigmatic, new wave minimalists Young Marble Giants, which released its defining LP, Colossal Youth, in 1980. Statton's coolly unadorned vocals were one of the defining characteristics of that incomparable post-punk landmark. With ...Read full biography
The second and last Devine & Statton album was even more concerned with the Welsh backgrounds of its two members, specifically the city the two called home. Aiming at what Ian Devine later called creating ...Read full review
The first of the two Devine & Statton albums is something that perhaps could have only appeared on the Crepescule label in the first place -- there's something about the sweetly breezy and softly melancholic ...Read full review