Blog: SoundsXP

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins:Diamond Mine Recorded at intervals over 7 years, and re-working songs written over the last 20, this is Kenny Anderson’s attempt to create a mood similar to Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden (his “Holy Grail”). It’s intended to be heard as a 30 minute piece, “a soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village” according to KC, which opens with the sounds of a [...]