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Pop · 1999 · 12 tracks

Speak

A collection of early demos polished into a ghostly, minimalist ambient-pop record. Whispered vocals and skeletal arrangements create a profound sense of isolation.

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It's like a ghost story told in whispers over a very old tape recorder.

A fragile, nocturnal stillness that feels like watching a city sleep from a high window.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Speak
1:27
02
Pink Moon
3:04
03
Iris Murdoch Cut Me Down
4:33
04
Curtain Dream
3:02
05
Heaven’s Break
3:09
06
French Tree Terror Suspect
2:58
07
River Song
2:03
08
Riverrun
4:45
09
Ballet Beast
1:29
10
Night Sky, Sweet Earth
6:40
11
Life With Picasso
3:30
12
Death and Dodgson’s Dreamchild
2:19
Moments Worth Waiting For
the way the violin on track 10 stretches like a shadow across a six minute slow burn
that fragile intake of breath before the first line of the nick drake cover
the sudden intrusion of a dry harmonica against the otherwise liquid production of track 5
Sits BesideSee all
5:55
5:55
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