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DESSA - "The Lamb" (CraveOnstage Live Performance)

2,226 views · Published 12 September 2013 · 3:41 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: Mandatory · 2013 · Music

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One fine Summer morning in the Hollywood hills we met up with DESSA for a session centered on live guitar riffs by Dustin Kiel and the interweaving harmonies of Dessa Darling and her vocal partner Aby Wolf.

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Dessa, the rhyme-slinging Doomtree queen who Leonard Cohen calls "a thug of a lyricist" has taken command of 2013. Her remarkable new album, Parts of Speech delivers a refined array of philosophical allusion and cerebral wordplay, her razor-melancholia and poignant imagery demands attentive listening and provides endless value for the rewind-button analysts.

Her 2010 debut LP A Badly Broken Code, an exercise in lyrical beauty and creative promise, led to a follow-up in Castor, The Twin, featuring several reinterpreted takes on her prior release that showcased a kaleidoscopic design of artistry. The spliced palette recalling the sense of character and originality that buoyed Ani DiFranco and Jean Grae is a constant presence, as Dessa pulls from her spoken-word past in conjuring a poetic expressionism that's haunting and hypnotic. She spans hip-hop, pop, R&B and experimental sounds throughout each release, expanding her range and challenging her muse with every step. With Parts Of Speech, Dessa reaches a poetic pinnacle.

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