Allo Darlin' is the debut full-length from Allo Darlin'

Allo Darlin'

Allo Darlin is an indie rock/twee pop band, based in London, whose current members are Elizabeth Morris, Paul Rains, Bill Botting and Mikey Collins.-Biography:...

. It was released June 7, 2010 on Fortuna Pop!

Fortuna Pop!

Fortuna Pop! is a British independent record label based in London, started in 1996 by Sean Price. It specialises in indie pop and indie rock music, released on 7" single, CD and vinyl....

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Reception

The Allmusic review by K. Ross Hoffman awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "The band never stray far from the Platonic template of crisp, vibrantly produced '60s-style guitar pop, with tinges of soul, country, and Afro-pop, generous use of ukulele and lap steel, and a healthy sprinkling of ba-bas and sha-la-las. The playing is consistently strong and, with a few tender-hearted exceptions, briskly bouncy and grooving -- particularly apt for the first three songs, which are about going out dancing... Other pivotal topics covered include falling in love... and listening... to pop music. In the time-honored tradition of the Pooh Sticks, Morris fills her songs with canny cultural nods: lifting lines from Weezer, quoting Johnny Cash, and Doris Day, citing fellow twees the Just Joans. (Meanwhile "Woody Allen" --which switches to film references for a change --is melodically reminiscent of the Magnetic Fields' "Strange Powers," while the blissfully lovely "Let's Go Swimming" lyrically echoes their "All the Umbrellas in London.") Maybe best of all, "My Heart Is a Drummer" reps for Graceland: "we know it's everybody's favorite/deep down in the place where music makes you happiest." Clearly, that's a place that Morris and Allo Darlin' know extremely well. ".

Track listing

All tracks by Allo Darlin'

Allo Darlin'

Allo Darlin is an indie rock/twee pop band, based in London, whose current members are Elizabeth Morris, Paul Rains, Bill Botting and Mikey Collins.-Biography:...

1. "Dreaming" – 3:22
2. "The Polaroid Song" – 4:14
3. "Silver Dollars" – 4:12
4. "Kiss Your Lips" – 3:46
5. "Heartbeat Chilli" – 4:18
6. "If Loneliness Was Art" – 3:30
7. "Woody Allen" – 2:39
8. "Let's Go Swimming" – 4:31
9. "My Heart Is A Drummer" – 3:17
10. "What Will Be Will Be" – 3:37

Personnel

• Bill Botting – backing vocals, bass guitar, vocals
• Michael Collins – backing vocals, drums, percussion
• The Friday Night Choir – backing vocals
• Dan Mayfield – violin
• Monster Bobby – vocals
• Elizabeth Morris – backing vocals, glockenspiel, handclapping, percussion, piano, ukulele, vocals
• Adam Nunn – mastering
• Keiron Phelan – flute
• Paul Rains – backing vocals, fender rhodes, electric guitar, korg M1, lap steel guitar, omnichord
• Matthew Reynolds – backing vocals
• Simon Trought – backing vocals, engineer, handclapping, mandolin, mixing, percussion, producer
• Nik Vestberg – photography, sleeve design