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from Skimming Stones EP by Weave

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an intriguing, pacey number somewhere between a folk mainstay hit and a film noire featurette. Here Jo Nettleton has a touch of a jazz-age Shirley Manson or even Metric's Emma Haine in her voice but unlike the flame haired grunge mistress mentioned there is an added brightness not characteristic of these grittier songstresses. The lightness appears within much like in the films where you see the car headlights moving past the gaps in a private investigator's blinds, you can almost smell the smoking cigar as the singer pleads for her case to be heard, "I drew the detail of your profile, I recognised the colour of your eyes". Gemma Tilley's cello and the the heavy drum alongside the base strings are great additions that inject a rhythmic,

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I dreamed you up predicted your smile, I wrote the words you said to me. I drew the detail of your profile I recognised the colour of your eyes.
And the sweet sweet smell of summer comes drifting through my door and the old song casts its shadows as we lay upon the floor.

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from Skimming Stones EP, released December 6, 2015
Jo Nettleton vocals
gemma tilley cello
gibby bass
timhardcastle percussion
charles hardy guitar

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Weave England, UK

formed 2013. Jo Tim and Gibby former members of Dream Pop band The Little Darlings.
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