Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling CD signed by artist beauty and darker melodic underpinnings

beauty and darker melodic underpinnings of Une Saison Volée make it one of the best French exports of late

is a quietly masterful

“Equal parts playful and malevolent

The two toured with Jon Anderson of Yes when they were just 16

“and the first time I feel properly proud to share it

Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling CD signed by artist beauty and darker melodic underpinningsBELLACD222 Release Date: 9 March 2009 Lawrence Arabia, the alter ego of New Zealand's James Milne, returns with his second full length LP after stints in Okkervil River, The Brunettes and The Ruby Suns. It's only apt then that after upping sticks to London via Port Chalmers and Stockholm, his second album Chant Darling invents a journeyman's self mocking world of despair and disdain, easy on the ear and graciously free of the twee sentiment that could