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September 9th 2010

Phil Sutcliffe - MOJO

Jo Hamilton: Gown ★★★★

Exotic Scot mixes gamelan, psychedlia, string quartets and sensuality………

Hamilton grew up in the Highlands, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and hoovered up the skills and instincts which enable her to assemble classical viola, ancient Asian tuned percussion, computer-keyboard walls of sound and more with imaginative allure and disciplined coherence. From the opening track, Exist (Beyond My Wildest Dreams), the twangy guitars, distortions and swirly ambients often recall the warm grandeur of a yogic George Harrison around 1970- there’s a lurchy-rhythmed Ringo on drums too (producer Jon Cotton). But she also updates the hippytude to touch on the extreme vocal tones and bare-tomassive leaps beloved of Kate Bush and Bjork. Hamilton’s lyrics are much fuzzier affairs than theirs, though. Airy thoughts like “How Beautiful is his love for you” and “I will meet paradise” drift on the blurry line between sex and spirituality, but the sound makes sense of it.


Phil Sutcliffe - MOJO Jo Hamilton: Gown ★★★★ Exotic Scot mixes gamelan, psychedlia, string quartets and sensuality……… Hamilton grew up in the Highlands, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and hoovered up the skills and instincts which enable her to assemble classical viola, ancient Asian tuned percussion, computer-keyboard walls of sound and more with imaginative allure and disciplined coherence. From the opening track, Exist (Beyond My Wildest Dreams), the twangy guitars, distortions and swirly ambients often recall the warm grandeur of a yogic George Harrison around 1970- there’s a lurchy-rhythmed Ringo on drums too (producer Jon Cotton). But she also updates the hippytude to touch on the extreme vocal tones and bare-tomassive leaps beloved of Kate Bush and Bjork. Hamilton’s lyrics are much fuzzier affairs than theirs, though. Airy thoughts like “How Beautiful is his love for you” and “I will meet paradise” drift on the blurry line between sex and spirituality, but the sound makes sense of it.