A Taste of Extreme Honey

Rock · 1997 · 5 tracks

A Taste of Extreme Honey

A shadowy, experimental collection blending mid-90s trip-hop textures with baroque pop. Dark, literate, and sonically adventurous for its era.

It's Elvis Costello trying on a trip-hop coat in a rainy alleyway, and it actually fits.

A sophisticated, nocturnal exploration of regret and urban isolation wrapped in experimental textures.

A Taste of Extreme Honey · vs · Elvis Costello

Keys/Synth+3.2σ

The instrumentation foregrounds keys/synth far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks

01

The Bridge I Burned

5:22

02

So Like Candy

4:38

03

My Dark Life

6:22

04

London's Brilliant Parade

4:25

05

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

3:47

Moments Worth Waiting For

The surprising breakbeat foundation of The Bridge I Burned that pushes Costello into trip-hop territory.

The cinematic, haunting collaboration with Brian Eno on My Dark Life that feels like a noir film score.

The lush, baroque string arrangement on the reimagined version of Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4.

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