Heart-Shaped Scars

With a tendency to drift, the Scottish songwriter’s first solo record in almost a decade is a quiet, graceful collection of autumnal folk music.

After taking a decade-long break from recording music, Dot Allison returns with the most intimate and sincere-sounding album she's made yet.

Trading in comedown folktronica for haunting acoustic sparseness, Dot Allison is back. Heart-Shaped Scars is a bewitching return

The indie-folk sense of Dot Allison's 'Heart-Shaped Scars' with the brittle, fine production is a fantastic fit for the singer’s confessional and frank lyrics.

28 years on from One Dove, the Scottish singer-songwriter finds herself. New music review by Joe Muggs