Tuesday, 22 October 2013

The Dames Reviews and links Adelaide Launch Nov 3rd Wheatsheaf - Sydney dec 13th the red rattler







album available via Bandcamp $15 download or $20 for a download plus physical  cd

interview with clare moore by robert dunstan from the adelaide review 

Noel Mengel Brisbane Courier Mail reviews the debut self titled album by  THE DAMES
A REALLY good band adds up to something more than the sum of the parts, this “other’’ that arrives in the room when musicians and songwriters are totally simpatico. So it is with this Melbourne trio featuring pianist Kay-Louise Patterson, bassist Rosie Westbrook and Clare Moore, drummer for almost all of Dave Graney’s musical ventures. Moore and Patterson split the songwriting and their styles are complementary. It’s worth noting that Barry Adamson (Magazine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) mixed the album because this is the kind of vivid pop that sits at the same table as his solo and cinema work. Moore’s All Mine — think James Bond film theme song in the golden years — opens proceedings, and Moore plays every instrument on the hip-shaking, cocktail hour groove of Eve . But Patterson is her equal as a writer, with a sublime Julie Driscoll-esque vocal on Wait , while the instrumental Dudley is a soundtrack looking for a film with its evocative use of flute and wordless vocals. And that piano sound! Warm, rich, welcoming, like all of the music here. Plus, a striking cover of John and Beverly Martin’s Auntie Aviator . Irresistible.

Cockaigne/ MGM



Interview with Clare Moore by Ian McFarlane

Stewart Lee reviewed the album for the Sunday Times in the Uk - which is paywalled so Barry Adamson has put it  on his site here

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