CINDYTALK - In This World

2xLP Midnight Music 1988
CD Midnight Music 1988



"Cindytalk was the alias of one-man band Gordon Sharp, a Scottish performer who first emerged in 1981 as the Freeze, recording a John Peel session under that name. More prominent was his appearance on This Mortal Coil's 1983 debut EP, Song for the Siren; he also contibuted vocals to the project's 1984 full-length It'll End in Tears. At about the same time Sharp began working as Cindytalk, a solo vehicle aided by a variety of studio musicians. After debuting with the dark industrial effort Camouflage Heart, Cindytalk fell silent for a number of years, finally resurfacing in 1988 with the ambient In This World".
(Jason Ankenny, All-Music Guide)

"[In This World], two albums of the same name released simultaneously, featuring cover art by Kathy Patterson. The first of the albums, a broken and noisy affair, the second, an album of creaky ambience featuring Sharp's improvised piano experiments. In This World also featured an uncredited collaboration with feminist punk writer Kathy Acker (Janey's Love)".
(wikipedia.com)

"In This World is the magnum opus from hyper-obscure post-punk industrialists Cindytalk. The album, four years in the making and only the second of the band's career, was originally released in 1988 (...). Though it has a pronounced experimental vibe marked by freeform industrial noise, waves of ambient synth, and the occasional eerie string passage, In This Wold is at its core an abrasive industrial goth album that looks to Joy Division and the Birthday party for inspiration, but points directly to Marilyn Manson in its goolish aesthetic and bombastic metallic din. Literary listeners should take note of the guest appearance by experimental author Kathy Acker on Janey's Love".
(cduniverse.com)

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In This World