Musicians fromTalkTalk will reunite for a one-off show in London to mark the 40th anniversary of their classic album ‘The Colour Of Spring’.
The band’s third studio album was released in February1986and itrepresenteda major transition for the band. It saw them leavebehind the synthpop sound that had made them successful,embracinginsteada more experimental, jazz and art pop-influenced stylethat laid the groundwork for future albums ‘SpiritOfEden’ and ‘Laughing Stock’.
On September 5,musicians including Simon Brenner, the group’s founding keyboardist, as well asPhilRamoconand Ian Curnow, will come together to play a one-off gig at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, where they will play ‘TheColourOfSpring’ in full.
They will be joined on stage by Sophie Barker (Zero 7), GaleParidjanian(Turin Brakes), Tim Eisenburg (Sweet Billy Pilgrim), ChrisHampsonand Jacob Brown. There will also be guest collaborations on the night,including fromEd HarcourtandGuillemots’ Fyfe Dangerfield, who will both also play support sets, and Ride’sMark Gardener.
Tickets for the ‘SpiritOfTalkTalk’ show are on sale now and you can find yourshere.
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TalkTalkwereled byMark Hollis,who passed away in 2019 at the age of 64. The NME obituary noted: “Citing influences such as Debussy, Bartok, MilesDavisand John Coltrane, however, Hollis clearly had ambitions beyond the frivolous pop music of the early ‘80s. He shifted towards a more layered and organic style, improvising with an expanded band to create Talk Talk’s celebrated, 2 million-selling third album ‘TheColourOf Spring’, a Top Ten album in 1986 on the back of the prowling pianos and soaring guitar riffs of international hit ‘Life’s What You Make It’.”
In February,TalkTalkreleased a new half-speed reissue of ‘SpiritOfEden’,overseen by Mark Hollis’ son Charlie, as well as the band’s drummer Lee Harris and producer Matt Colton.
A documentary filmTalk Talk: In A Silent Way, which focused on the making of ‘Spirit Of Eden’, was released in 2021.
In an interview at the time, archived byRock’s Back Pages, Hollis said about the album: “It’s certainly a reaction to the music that’s around at the moment ‘cos most of that is shit. It’s only radical in the modern context. It’s not radical compared to what was happening 20 years ago.
He added: “If we’d have delivered this album to the record company 20 yearsagothey wouldn’t have batted an eyelid.”