Album: She Has No Strings Apollo

Song Title

Time

Alice Wading

She Has No Strings

Long Way To Go With No Punch

No Stranger Than That

Sister Let Them Try And Follow

She Lifted The Net

Rude (And Then Some Slight Return)

Album: She Has No Strings Apollo

Song Title

Time

Alice Wading

She Has No Strings

Long Way To Go With No Punch

No Stranger Than That

Sister Let Them Try And Follow

She Lifted The Net

Rude (And Then Some Slight Return)

Performer Notes

Dirty Three: Mick Turner (guitar, organ, bass); Warren Ellis (violin, piano); Jim White (drums).
Recorded at Les Instants Chavires, Montreal, Canada and Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
Australian instrumental post-rock trio the Dirty Three greatly expand their sound from their familiar violin, guitar, and percussion lineup on the wide-ranging, cinematic SHE HAS NO STRINGS APOLLO. Violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner, and drummer Jim White incorporate piano, organ, bass and tape loops into these seven lengthy songs, creating a somber but inviting sound. As usual, Ellis is the trio's instrumental star, with his keening violin parts providing a sense of release over Turner and White's dark, minor-key dirges. Highlights include "No Stranger Than That," "She Has No Strings," and the unexpectedly aggressive closer "Rude (And Then Some Slight Return)."

Professional Reviews

Uncut (3/03, p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This album shows their idiosyncrasies are still intact....Even when apparently serene, that wound-coil tension is palpable..."

Magnet (4/03, p.86) - "...The D3 has always had plenty of sexiness and emotion to burn....SHE HAS NO STRINGS rests in the upper realms of the D3 grand scheme..."

The Wire (3/03, p.58) - "...A set of seven instrumentals, downhome and earthy, cut through with sensitivity and intelligence. And they build with a vengeance..."

Mojo (Publisher) (5/03, p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The genius of NO STRINGS APOLLO is its passion for pre-rock forms...imparting to these seven intoxicating instrumentals an undertow of powerfully evocative melancholy....Thrilling..."