PULL THE STRINGS

"With this her seventh album and remaining somewhere on the fringe of the fray, the avant-gardist Sandy Dillon releases an incredible album of frightening eeriness, rich swamp-blues drenched melodies and universal ballads full of tenderness. Written whilst recovering from cervical cancer and a subsequent illness, like a several-headed hydra she sings with a voice so unique, the comparisons are drawn with Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Janis Joplin and the demonically possessed child from 'The Exorcist'. It beggars the question - where did hell did she come from, and where did she acquire that voice."