Super chill, semi-morose guilty pleasure - - Talk Talk/Laughing Stock
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Ever have one of those days where you're bummed and need the right music to fit? Not romantically bummed, because everybody knows the best musical cure for the romantic bum-out is Sade. More like, bummed out in the soul, over it, not feeling it, feeling like your guts are all hanging out and your skin is missing.Talk Talk is a lot of things, but I never thought they might be emotionally soothing. But if you're on that page, get Laughing Stock, their last album. It's the record that sunk their deal, but man, is it gorgeous. Mark Hollis mumbles, the songs are kind of improv-ed and formless, but the upright bass is your friend, the harmonica/harmonium combo is a psychic pillow for your tired brain, the organ is a cool breeze, and the Telecaster feedback is like a pure nerve vibration, showing you what's real and what is merely lies.
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