At a recent music conference in New York I heard a lot of "buzz" about these two young Canadian women and just had to hear them. A brief - and jam packed - "showcase" led me to this CD, their newest. Amanda (the DA in DALA) and Sheila (the LA in the group's name) are so in harmony on the tracks on this CD that you'd swear that its one voice overdubbed. But its not. All the tracks are beautiful but "Levi Blues" - with its repeating refrain "I'll always come back to you" - is reminiscent of the 60s girl group sound, and stays with you long after the album ends. (The song appears as a cleverly titled "AM Transistor Remix" as the last track.)
They are just starting to appear in the US and once they get airplay here they will become even better known south of the US/Canada border. There are some earlier CDs that I'm going to head to next. Discover DAL now, before all your friends do. Then you can say "I knew them first!".
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"