Communion: Live at Church Studios

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1.	Grow Out 02:39	buy track
2.	Yeats Is On Mine 03:41	buy track
3.	Over & Over 04:12	buy track
4.	The Heart Wants To Be A Hammer 02:39	buy track
5.	Going Wrong 04:09	buy track
6.	Telephone 03:54	buy track

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In late spring of 2011, Liam Howe (Marina & the Diamonds, Emiliana Torrini, Sneaker Pimps) captured a new set of string-laden recordings by Catherine Anne Davies and her all-female string section.

Recorded live in a single afternoon at the legendary Church Studios in London’s Crouch End (once owned by the Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart and birthplace of 'Sweet Dreams'), Communion is a collection of songs stripped of drums and modern technology.

As well as a reference to the former sacred function of the studio space, Communion takes its name from the idea of “sharing something between a group of musicians” and the numerous churches that Catherine and her strings had been playing in the run-up to the recording. Mastered by Jon Astley (Tori Amos, Emmylou Harris) and engineered by Rich Wilkinson (Magic Numbers), these are songs that are haunted by a heavy heart and that voice, which has been described by Metro as "like a lake of black honey" (METRO) and as "gorgeous. sick. beautiful" by Courtney Love.

Cover image by www.robertofoddai.com

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released April 11, 2020

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The Anchoress UK

Welsh multi-instrumentalist and producer Catherine Anne Davies is The Anchoress.

Her albums, ‘Confessions of A Romance Novelist’ and ‘ The Art of Losing’ were released on Kscope to widespread critical acclaim and named amongst The Sunday Times and Guardian critics’ Albums of the Year, HMV’s Welsh Album of the Year, Best Newcomer at the PROG awards, and two nominations for the Welsh Music Prize. ... more

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