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• Rachael Dadd is a songwriter in thrall to nature, and it’s not just the references to sticklebacks and elephants. Her music itself sounds informed by natural rhythms, as opposed to the mechanised pulse of pop. In that sense, she’s a classic English folkie, albeit one who may have absorbed any number of contemporary American influences, from Jeffrey Lewis to Regina Spektor. The EP’s more mannered moments – stand up, ‘Owl Ears Wait’ – are redeemed by easy-on-the-ear vocals and classy picking, but whimsy isn’t Dadd’s strongest suit. She’s at her best on the beautiful ‘Knew Your Hands’, whose freely shifting chords underpin a melody that meanders and collects like water on a shingle beach. (Adam Burrows)
Copyright Adam Burrows 2011
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