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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Hawk

Released: 16/08/2010 V2 / Cooperative
Glaswegian Isobel Campbell and American Mark Lanegan have transcended the stylistic chasm between their respective groups, twee-poppers Belle and Sebastian and rockers Screaming Trees. Produced by Campbell, their third album of brooding, southern-flavoured duets finds them developing their sound considerably, to thrilling effect. For more information visit: http://www.myspace.com/isobelcampbell Buy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003O855C8?ie=UTF8&tag=cultur00-21&linkCode=as2&ca…
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MusicOMH“A smouldering sensuality...” Hawk represents the finest moment of the Campbell and Lanegan collaborations thus far. Hopefully this time around Isobel Campbell will attract the praise she so clearly deserves...
 
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Uncut“Hawk feels like a triumph...” A finely conceived record, an eloquent testament to an unlikely partnership that’s only now delivering its full potential...
 
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NME“It's clear Campbell still pines for Lanegan...” That Campbell should act the shrinking violet when she wrote, produced and arranged this record herself does her a disservice - one that she should remedy immediately, lest this improbable collaboration stop being an exception to the rule...
 
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Drowned In Sound“They are using a more varied palette than ever...” She made a smart move when she engaged Mark Lanegan as her singing partner in 2004. But listening to Hawk, their third album together, the thought occurs that she might make an even smarter move, by hiring another female vocalist as his foil...
 
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Pitchfork“Campbell knows how to make her songs work...” Lanegan's craggy mutter is almost a natural wonder, and in Campbell's luxurious beds of reverbed-out country, it's found a pretty perfect resting spot. No reason this odd pair can't keep on cranking out slabs of low-key bliss like this one...
 
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Guardian“Hawk impresses instead with its signs of Campbell's increased confidence...” She made a smart move when she engaged Mark Lanegan as her singing partner in 2004. But listening to Hawk, their third album together, the thought occurs that she might make an even smarter move, by hiring another female vocalist as his foil...
 
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The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”
 
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The Independent“The best work she's been involved with, since early Belle & Sebastian...” An album which skips so easily and reliably between disparate modes, before concluding in suitably soulful terrain amongst the gospelly backing vocals of "Lately"...
 
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allmusic“Not yet reviewed”
 
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Dusted Magazine“Not yet reviewed”
 
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