BESS ATWELL - Light Sleeper london The two records showcase Ronstadt’s

The two records showcase Ronstadt’s stylistic versatility

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the level of personal revelation

By 1983 the band were developing a sound and writing style of their own with Beattie playing an amplified acoustic 12-string on songs inspired by the duo's eclectic music tastes that ranged from PiL through Love

BESS ATWELL - Light Sleeper london The two records showcase Ronstadt’sCD "You called yourself broken, but that's just what people are, that's how the light gets in," sings Bess Atwell in the opening moments of Light Sleeper, before gentle hums of strings and shuffling snares make way for the Brighton singer's voice at full pelt, singing with a newfound rawness. "Light Sleeper is about the willingness to feel," the Brighton singer songwriter explains. "Somewhere along the line I had become very afraid of feeling." A huge