Photographs as Memories

by Eyeless in Gaza

Photographs as Memories cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 January 1981
  • Label: Cherry Red
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 58:17
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Martyn Bates

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Eyeless in Gaza introduced their sparse and exploratory duo format on 'Photographs as Memories'. Martyn Bates and Peter Becker used brittle guitars, electronics, and fragmented song structures to create an intimate version of early-1980s British post-punk experimentalism.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, minimalistic, atmospheric, DIY, lo-fi, synthesizers, jangly, dreamy, melodic, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Seven Years
  2. Fixation
  3. Looking Daggers
  4. From A. To B.
  5. Clear Cut Apparently
  6. Speech Rapid Fire
  7. John Of Patmos
  8. Knives Replace Air
  9. Faceless
  10. In Your Painting
  11. A Keepsake
  12. Whitewash
  13. No Noise

Credits

  • Jim Jag - artwork
  • Peter Becker - instruments [instrumentation], voice, songwriter [all songs written by]
  • Porky - lacquer cut by
  • Elizabeth - other [encouragement]
  • Steve - other [inspiration]
  • Martyn Bates - voice, instruments [instrumentation], written-by [all songs written by]

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