Alison Statton (born March 1958)[1] is a Welsh singer best known for her work with Young Marble Giants.

Fans of the singer have included Kurt Cobain,[2] Courtney Love, Stephin Merritt, Belle and Sebastian and Renato Russo.

Born in Cardiff, Statton's career in music began in 1978 as the singer for the band Young Marble Giants.

[3] She returned to music in the late 1980s and released two recordings with the guitarist from Ludus, Ian Devine as 'Devine and Statton', The Prince of Wales (1989) and Cardiffians (1990).

Statton's singing has been called "coolly unadorned",[5] cool and dispassionate,[9] and ghostly and fragile,[10] with a "shy, singsong delivery".