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The
Guardian 21.09.01
Tara Jane O'Neil
In The Sun Lines (Quarterstick)
**** (4 stars of 5)
This is Tara Jane O'Neil's second solo release in an enthralling
career that, since the early 1990s, has seen her appear on seven
albums with three bands, each more or less ignored. That she is
so little known isn't surprising: her work is uncompromising and
devoid of choruses. But it is also elegant, complex and glows
from within like a Caravaggio canvas. Four of the 10 tracks here
are ruminative, hypnotic instrumentals, while the subdued, enigmatic
vocals float in airy layers of guitar, strings and piano. The
results are sumptious, particularly the sun-dappled Sweet Bargaining
and the snowflake tumble of In This Rough.(MC)
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