Talk Talk

Spirit of Eden (1988) ...

Talk Talk were an English pop band, who turned from electronic poppy beginnings to this, their fourth album, angular, ambient, jazzy and moody ... 'Post-rock', this album predates Radiohead and Sigur Ros by a decade ...

The Rainbow ... 

"The muted Miles Davis-esque solo trumpet intro to 'The Rainbow' sets up the tone for the rest of the record… an ambient soundscape later sliced up with raw distorted guitar. Bluesy piano, clean Fender Twin guitar, sparse tribal drums and filthy raw harmonica bring the song in after two-and-a-half minutes, soon to be joined by Mark Hollis’s voice; imagine Elliott Smith singing over a backdrop of Neil Young and Moe Tucker, but sparser, very much a soundscape rather than a song… even more so than the more instrumental Radiohead stuff and also, since the record isn’t compressed, each inflection of the harmonica cuts into you like it’s being played into your ear." ... drownedinsound.com ...