Robin Allender is a Bristol-based singer-songwriter and guitarist. His fingerpicked, melodic folk has been compared to Elliott Smith, Bill Callahan and Jim O’Rourke. His debut album, The Bird and the Word, was released on Dreamboat Records in July 2007.Since then Allender has formed a band to help flesh out his solo material. The Allender Band is made up of Alex Wilkins on guitar, Sam Tarbuck on bass and Dave Collingwood on drums. The band released their debut EP, In the Grip of Light, in May 2008. Their first album, Outer Dark, will be released on Dreamboat Records on 16th March, 2009.