See - The Blue Nile
Supremely limited repress of all four LPs by the thinking person's Talk Talk. The music of The Blue Nile requires little introduction for anyone motivated enough to read what we think about it, but there's a good chance the records themselves - yknow, the actual physical, material THING - do: they're seemingly never in print, and when you can find copies three figures start being flung around. So consider this your notice. And whatever the reasons for keeping them a little guarded, the music has certainly aged remarkably well. Few do misty-eyed sophsti-pop elegance with such grandeur and intimacy, a rare, seemingly contrary combination that's deeply, sometimes irrationally, affecting. The original sad-boy pop? Well, Big Emotions are being channeled here, but you still feel like it's being sung directly into your ear, the baring of the soul shared one-to-one. And as four album runs by British acts go, it's really only Roxy Music who can compete with their style and poise (not to mention the passing of a torch of some kind between those two). I don't know if there's ever been a time when The Blue Nile were fashionable, so to speak, but their kind of unashamed sincerity certainly feels appropriate right now - necessary, even. And since irony wont save you from anything, The Blue Nile can do a good job of making you feel a little less alone.
