ANTON NEWCOMBE and DOT ALLISON announce that they will be releasing an album together under the moniker All Seeing Dolls. ‘’Parallel’ will be out in February 2025. Today they share the single ‘That’s Amazing Grace’.
Anton Newcombe is the founder, the sole constant and the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music’s most fascinating bands; Brian Jonestown Massacre. He’s a frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, father and force of nature. There have been 21 BJM albums over the last 30 years, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock’n’roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock’n’roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more. Newcombe has established himself as a once-in-a-lifetime talent, a revolutionary force in modern music and an underground hero.
Listen to ‘That’s Amazing Grace’ – BELOW:
Dot Allison released her debut solo album Afterglow in 1999. Over the years she has strived to keep the listener on a journey – and herself too. She revolts against what she has done before, to evolve and not just occupy the same space. That journey has taken her from Afterglow’s broad church (trip-hop, Tim Buckley-esque ballads, dance tracks, chilled psychedelia) to the sultry synth-pop of We Are Science (2002), the lush, baroque Exaltation Of Larks (2007) and the eclectic, rootsy drama of Room 7½ (2009).
After a hiatus to raise her family she returned with the graceful acoustic folk record Heart-Shaped Scars (2021) and the haunting, barely there beauty of Consciousology (2023). The range of guest stars on Allison’s records is equally broad: where else would you find a cast list that includes Kevin Shields, Hal David, Paul Weller, Pete Doherty and Darren Emerson. Likewise, Allison’s own guest roles with the likes of Massive Attack, Scott Walker, Slam, Philip Shepard, The Babyshambles & Pete Doherty, underlining the huge respect her peers hold her in.
On working with Anton Newcombe, Dot Allison says, “Anton and I bonded over a love of early ‘Opal’ recordings … he had reached out to say .. ‘If you like that music, I am your man’ … and I said .. ‘I do..’ And we began chatting… for weeks we spoke about all things life, science, the nature of reality, love, family and music .. we swapped songs we liked, and chatted about artists and found we got on well and from then .. we decided to swap musical ideas.. I would send something I had recorded on either guitar, uke, piano, autoharp and voice and he would send over his ideas also, which I absolutely loved .. and we collaborated in our separate studios .. there was nothing he ever sent back that I wasn’t happy with, so I guess we developed that trust where we are on the same page and so it works and flows easily … We met for the first time in Edinburgh after we had written together so it was in some ways like a reunion, rather than a first meeting in a way .. “
TRACKLISTING
1. That’s Amazing Grace
2. Kaleidoscope
3. Blossoms in her Mind
4. Sirens Echo in an Iron Lung
5. Non Waltz
6. I Believe You About The Moon
7. What Do Dolls Dream?
8. Time
9. Lady Buzz Killer
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