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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan‘s 3rd collaboration

Okay, okay.  This Mix Tape Monday rec this week is not exactly indie per se.  I mean, Isobel Campbell from Belle and Sebastian and Mark Lanegan from Screaming Trees and QoTSA aren’t exactly unknowns– but their albums are released through an independent label.  And I will be honest, I had no idea that they were even collaborating, much less on their 3RD (!) album.

And hello, I am in love.  Hard.  Mark’s trademark gravelly voice paired with Isobel’s almost ethereal vocals is an unlikely match made in heaven.  Not to mention that this album is perfect for those ::ahem:: nights in with that special someone.  Yeah. I went there.

Check it our for yourself in this official video for “You Won’t Let Me Down Again”:

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Um. I die.

From Isobel’s myspace:

Theres a similar sense of contrast, between Isobels aching, pristine chill of a vocal, and Lanegans wounded, regret-stewed burr. Their musical backpages could hardly be more different; Isobel found her initial fame playing cello and singing with deftly-melodic Glaswegian indie collective Belle & Sebastian, before branching off for the lushly-orchestrated melancholia of her Gentle Waves for two LPs, and releasing her debut solo album, the acclaimed Amorino, in 2003. Lanegan, on the other hand, sang for Screaming Trees, perhaps the greatest and most underrated of all the grunge bands, until their dissolution in 2000, since when he has juggled the solo career he began while still in the Trees, and a unique role as occasional frontman of Queens Of The Stoneage. The sweet, folksy girl and the grizzled rawk guy; a classic cocktail, perhaps, but the roles are inverted, in this case.

Its weird, begins Isobel, as much as Nancy Sinatra was an influence on this album, as an artist I identify much more with Lee Hazlewood, or with Serge Gainsbourg over Jane Birkin. Im writing most of the songs, Im producing the music, she laughs, Im in the Serge/Lee role, and Mark Lanegan is my own personal Jane or Nancy, which is a thought that amuses me greatly! I had things I wanted to say, from a male perspective, in these songs, and its good to have a male voice to sing them for me.

Read more:http://www.myspace.com/isobelcampbell#ixzz11PBVzMKH

Like what you hear?? You can get Hawk on Amazon for $5!! Of course you can also download the album from iTunes.

You can also find them all over the web:

Isobel Campbell’s Official Site

Isobel Campbell on myspace

Isobel Campbell on Twitter

Mark Lanegan’s Official Site

Mark Lanegan on myspace

They are also on tour this fall to promote Hawk– you can see all the dates here.

So, whaddya think?? You likey? Or you no likey?  Let us know!

Related Articles

• Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Hawk (pastemagazine.com)
• Isobel Campbell Talks Mark Lanegan, Belle and Sebastian (pitchfork.com)
• Album: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Hawk (V2) (independent.co.uk)