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“WHEN I was really little, I listened to The Bay City Rollers,” says Jane Weaver.
A surprising confession maybe but, then again, perhaps not. The Widnes-born artist's music picks over eccentric folk, psych, electronica, obscure East-European prog and space-rock.
She's top of the bill at Substance Live in Hull on Sunday week, during the 10-day festival of “music, art installations, performances and provocations” and her appearance comes on the back of Modern Kosmology, a heady brew of dreamy vocals, propulsive motorik rhythms and neo-komische loveliness.
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