Colleen Collins and David Trenaman met in London, Ontario, Canada in about 1994. And Construction & Destruction started in about 2005, or so. Dark Lark is the fifth album they’ve put together together.

The record offers ten songs that range from rugged Americana to experimental rock and in topic from rural isolation to the fall of Troy. Trenaman and Collins trade off on vocals, each adding unique characteristics to the songs they deliver.

On Cato, Trenaman delivers shambolic electric guitars that would be at home with Neil Young’s work on Zuma. On The Horse Returns opens with a single ominous guitar refrain before exploding into a frenzy of percussion and vocals that calls to mind PJ Harvey at her most tumultuous.

I see the horse, I see the horse.
I am lying in the field.
I am broken, I am shaken.
I am broken, I am shaken.

Download them both below. Buy the album from Bandcamp here.

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