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Originally Posted by saut
I've never heard of Talk Talk. What sort of music is it? It sounds pretty damn good from what you've described.
Edit: I just read a couple reviews for Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden on Amazon.com and it sounds right up my alley. I'll certainly make it a point to check those albums out.
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Talk Talk started out as a synthpop band in the 80's. The 2 albums i mentioned is far away from anything resembling synthpop, but the development is clear on the albums between their first release and Laughing Stock.
It is really hard to categorize the music you will find on Spirit and Laughing Stock. I have heard some bands of whom it was said that they were heavily inspired by Talk Talk. They usually fail by a wide margin, even though they use a lot of the same "components". One BIG thing they have against them is that Talk Talk never performed the 2 last albums live...it is simply not possible. So in that respect any wannabe Talk Talk has a big hurdle to overcome right there.
There is a danish band that sounds as if they are trying to emulate some of the later Talk Talk. The band is called Efterklang...but they have a long way to go in my opinion.