[2019-11-29] Various Artists "Tim Burgess And Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks: Songs For A Late-Night Diner" (Ace UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:23 am

Description
The Pacific North West and the English North West are damp, mossy, riddled with steep, unexpected valleys, dotted with abandoned mills, and frequently cloaked in mist. Most of the year you’d be wise to wear waterproofs. David Lynch set Twin Peaks in the former; it’s not a great leap to imagine it being re-cast and set in the latter. As for the soundtrack? Well, that’s what this album is about.

Charlatans singer Tim Burgess and Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley have known each for three decades now. Aside from a shared love of Factory Records and the Fall, they both consider Twin Peaks to be the greatest TV show ever. They also share a love of cafes, but Tim has gone the extra mile and set up the Tim Peaks Diner, a huge draw at festivals, combining tea, coffee and music. This, then, is a soundtrack for the Tim Peaks Diner after dusk – put a couple of quid in the jukebox and the plangent guitars of Durutti Column, Dean McPhee and Galaxie 500 colour the air.

Included here are rare recordings on Factory Records (Stockholm Monsters, the Royal Family & The Poor), and groups that appeared in the wake of The Fall (Blue Orchids, the Fates); from South Wales there are minimal miniatures by Young Marble Giants and the Gist, as well as Gwenno’s ice crystal electronica. Not that the music needs to originate from Britain at all – there are tracks here from Sweden (El Perro Del Mar), New Zealand (The Chills) and the US too (Chastity Belt).

Compiled by Tim Burgess and Bob Stanley, this is the soundtrack to the Tim Peaks Diner after the sun’s gone down, and it contains some of the most beautiful and atmospheric independent music made in the last forty years. Outside, the mists are rising and the rain is falling; inside, the coffee is hot and the music perfectly matches the mood...

Tracklist
1. Choci Loni - Young Marble Giants
2. House With A Hundred Rooms - The Chills
3. Lips That Would Kiss (Form Prayers To Broken Stone) - Durutti Column
4. Yanks - The Gist
5. Hunros (A Dream) - Gwenno
6. I Had To Say This - The Clientele
7. I Love You (Restrained In A Moment) - The Royal Family & The Poor
8. Betty's Lament - Isan
9. Slow Motion - Jane Weaver
10. Fuel - Echo & The Bunnymen
11. Flowers - Galaxie 500
12. The Broken Fall - Gnac
13. Blue Dress - Birdie
14. Dog - El Perro Del Mar
15. Fairy Tales - Stockholm Monsters
16. Different Now - Chastity Belt
17. A Year With No Head - Blue Orchids
18. Ten Years - Bracken
19. Sheila - She Beats In My Heart - The Fates
20. Sky Burial - Dean McPhee

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z75QZ64/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Z75QZ64/?tag=imwan-21

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I like many of the bands listed, once again the UK label ACE does a wonderful compilation.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:22 pm

Both of the pre-order links are now active:

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z75QZ64/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Z75QZ64/?tag=imwan-21

[2019-11-29] Various Artists "Tim Burgess And Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks: Songs For A Late-Night Diner" (Ace UK)

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