sentences:  Critically feted by the British weekly music press during their lifetime, the duo also won two Single of the Week awards in "Melody Maker" but split shortly before the scheduled release of their debut album (which was later released as McAlmont's debut solo album).David McAlmont (born David Irving McAlmont, 2 May 1967, Croydon, England), originally of Guyanese/Nigerian heritage, was raised as a Christian and spent his early years in Croydon, Cardiff and Guyana.He began his musical life in Guyana singing in church choirs.