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Artist Biography For Devine & Statton

Singer Alison Statton Born In Cardiff Wales Began Her Music Career With Enigmatic New Wave Minimalists Young Marble Giants Which Released Its Defining LP Colossal Youth In 1980. Statton's Coolly Unadorned Vocals Were One Of The Defining Characteristics Of That Incomparable Post-Punk Landmark. With Her Subsequent Group Weekend Statton Preempted The Posh Cocktail-Cool Of Acts Such As Everything But The Girl And Sade. After Weekend Disbanded Statton Returned To University And Disappeared From The Musical Landscape For A Time. Nevertheless She Resurfaced In The Late '80s As One Half Of The Celtic-Tinged Folk-Pop Duo Devine & Statton Along With Mancunian Songwriter-Guitarist Ian Devine. The Pair Made Two Albums 1989's The Prince Of Wales Which Featured A Cover Of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" And 1990s Cardiffians. Subsequently Statton Would Go On To Reunite With An Old Weekend Bandmate As Alison Statton & Spike.

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