Spirit Of Eden

Good articles.. I can check which issues they were in but Im thinking 34 and 35?

I checked.. its actually issues 31 and 32 I believe.

I sat down and put it on and after about 2 minutes was completely amazed. It's brilliant. Naturally I ran out the next day and bought "Laughing Stock". My previous experience of Talk Talk had been seeing them do "Talk Talk" twice on Crackerjack and quite liking "Life's what you make it". This is something different. Not the same band; "Spirit of Eden" (and the subsequent even better "Laughing Stock") are amazing.

No-one has made records like these before or since and all the comparisons are meaningless. They are unique. "Laughing Stock" is definitely high up my top 10 records of the nineties.

So, classic then.

I put it on and listened to in the dark (I think it was 4 o'clock in the afternoon or something, but I pulled the shades), in some sort of ridiculous fanboy attempt to create "atmosphere". When the ridiculous guitar feedback noise tone that lasts for ninety seconds appeared, I swear I saw god.

Best band ever.

i can never listen to spirit of eden.

i'm going straight home to tilt.

(what's the third record, colin? knock knock?)

Nathan - i rate the solo record - i think its absolutely stunning!

*curious*

PS- Based on my suspicions, I will probably fall madly in love with it and take it to Vegas for a shotgun wedding by the fourth listen. And it wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

good mark hollis interview.

this page has a lot of good interviews. including one with phill brown.

I just got Bed's Spacebox and The Newton Plum and I've got to heartily concur whoever recommended these upthread.

The thing is ... it's so difficult to evaluate Bed objectively, that is to say apart from its role as pornography that caters to Talk Talk/Bark Psychosis enthusiasts.

I love all this music. It's now a neat little genre that's been cooking steadily (but slowly and carefully) for fifteen years. Truly an interesting phenomenon, as far as music goes.

Hmmm ...

I am just suprised that I missed it in 88, it could have been altering my mind for years. Better late than never.

I Believe In You

For fanatics, something sublime (even though it's mimed).
For the unconverted, it'll swing you one way or the other (RadioWho?).

Still amazing. I know every second and it still floors me.

Absolutely love it. I think I prefer Laughing Stock just a touch more though.

Played it at our record club last night.

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/talk-talk-spirit-of-eden-round-38-nicks-choice/

Graham at our record club adores late-period Talk Talk, but he's kind of encountered it as an end-point, and not really kept up with music after getting into these records.

So, given that Graham also likes Cocteau Twins, Simple Minds, and various other early 80s alternative stuff, what records from the last decade might you recommend for him?

That record club blog is fun. Nice one!

XP - Ulrich Schnauss?

M83, Telefon Tel Aviv, Glasser

Shearwater?

More electronic stuff probably isn't going to float Graham's boat, I'm afraid; he's been left pretty nonplussed by the likes of Four Tet at record club. He's a big Led Zep and Pink Floyd fan, so I think the rockier / profiler angle is probably the one to take.

I'm thinking Grizzly Bear, Smother by Wild Beasts, maybe latterday Swans, Bark Psychosis (obviously). Shearwater are a good shout. I think the last Notwist album had quite a pastoral Talk Talk vibe at points.

Might be worth trying Tame Impala on him, for an updated 60s / 70s vibe. "Pygmalion" by Slowdive, admittedly not last ten years but he might like it. What about Mogwai? "Rock action" has a few tracks with a post Talk Talk vibe?

Maybe Dungen alongside Tame Impala. Rock Action might be a good shout.

Calico e might be a good shout. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, too.

Califone, fuck you, iPad.

Try him on The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet.

Oh!

What about Cass McCombs - Wit's End

It'd be perfect?

Maybe worth taking a look in this thread Nick

Music that sounds like 'Spirit of Eden' and 'Laughing Stock'

I hear a Talk Talk vibe in that last Notwist album as well. If it's Post-Rock-y stuff he's into maybe Labradford or Do Make Say Think.

Aside of that maybe

Destroyer - The Laziest River

Menomena - Mines (One of the most under appreciated albums of recent years for me. I hear a Talk Talk sensibility in some of their stuff)

Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Probably not the most popular or hip choice but I get a Spirit of Eden influence in this. They used to cover 'I Believe In You' live as well)

King Kreosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine

Idaho - Hearts of Palm or The Lone Gunman

Diamond Mine!

Yeah, had a root through that thread when I posted this, some good suggestions.

Given that your friend has a liking of Pink Floyd, Zep and the Cocteau Twins, I wonder if he might like a band on K-Scope called North Atlantic Oscillation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M43P_8UkA5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFYImUCbiGA

Yeah, Graham could do worse than investigate the entire K-Scope catalog. Or go even further and explore the Burning Shed site. (Thanks for the "Cell Count" link, Mares. A great, great song that's going down particularly well this morning.)

The first Marconi Union, Under Wires and Searchlights, is also worth checking. They went much deeper into the electronics after this, but the debut is a engaging mix of atmospherics, Gilmour-era Floyd and Morricone guitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUFUC7ndTeA

I first listened to Spirit of Eden at a time of crisis in my life. It was the year I graduated college and my first love/first relationship ended. I was at rock bottom. Spirit of Eden was the most deeply moving and spiritually cathartic album I had ever heard.

Around the same time, I had also listened to similar albums such as Hex (Bark Psychosis) which became one of my favorite albums and is, for me, perfect late-night listening and the quintessential winter album. At this time, I listened to Laughing Stock, as well, and, although its instrumental complexities were entrancing, it simply did not speak to my emotions the way Spirit of Eden did.

Spirit of Eden is still the album I go to when I'm at my lowest and searching for my path.

It's one of my Desert Island albums, alongside
A Storm in Heaven (The Verve)
No Other (Gene Clark)
Lazer Guided Melodies (Spiritualized)

GP, you don't need to post this on every thread.

I actually find LS more cathartic than SoE, to the extent that I don't listen to it anywhere near as often because it's almost too much.

^this. and I also have the same relationship with Tilt.

Haha just saw all the dupe posts

were there never any live performances of these songs?

love spirit of eden to pieces

weirdly not that into laughing stock, oh well some day