Intimate, delicate, often whispered and candid, the debut album from the 25-year-old Essex singer-songwriter and YouTube star Dodie Clark magically minimal through subtle cinematic arrangements of strings, piano guitar and clarinet. Subtle, skilful pauses, such as on the confidence-building Rainbow, or the gentle and blackly humorous Four Tequilas Down are some of her calling cards, as well as talent of strikingly mature understanding of the less-is-more lo-fi technique, from giving plenty of space for killer lines (I Kissed Someone It Wasn’t You) or ghostly echoes of clarinet or string arrangements, or oddball tracks that simply have a full-stop or question mark as title. Tracks such as Hate Myself, or Special Girl have echoes of FIona Apple, but they also keep the handclaps, other percussion and strumming very low key, as if she is still making music in her bedroom and doesn’t want the neighbours to hear, a hallmark of charm that won her so many fans on YouTube when as a teenager she sang covers with her ukulele. The album also includes a bonus second part with quiet and gentle demo versions, beautiful sketches of songs. A striking, intelligent, subtle and original debut. Out on Doddleoddle.
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