Alias Grace

Though a lot of the band’s attention comes via an association with avant-garde British pop duo No-Man, Alias Grace, also a two-person outfit, stands well alone merits as a pleasant, hidden treasure of tranquil, haunting music with folk, jazz, and pop leanings. Produced in Cambridge, Britain, in 1996, Alias Sophistication includes Peter Chilvers, a multi-instrument participant significant for his piano and electric guitar function in Samuel Smiles with No-Man’s Tim Bowness, and Sandra O’Neill, an Irish-born vocalist using a merely enchanting, passionate tone of voice. The two originally concentrated on executing rearrangements of songs by various other musicians in live show, but by enough time the 1st album, the impressive Embers, made an appearance, Alias Grace got built up a significant solid repertoire of its. The group’s second and similarly accomplished album, Surprise Blue Evening, made an appearance in 2001 on Burning up Shed, a fresh label setup by Bowness and Chilvers.