Eyeless In Gaza - Transience Blues

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01 Lilt of Music
02 Transience Blues
03 Sixth Sense
04 Stealing Autumn
05 Inky blue Sky
06 Evening Music
07 Still Air
08 Sweet Life longer
09 Tell
10 Blue Distance
11 Scent on Evening Air
12 Every which Way
13 Bright Play of Eyes
14 Lights of April
15 Drumming the beating Heart
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An utterly necessary addition to any serious Eyeless in Gaza fan's collection, the 1989 collection Transience Blues collects stray tracks mostly originally released on the flip sides of singles and EPs from 1983 to 1986.

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For most bands, that description would translate to "failed experiments and songs not good enough to make it onto the albums," but during this period of Eyeless in Gaza's career, their B-sides were quite often more interesting than their A-sides.

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Intriguing miniatures like "Lilt of Music" and "Tell" have the same newfound interest in dynamics, melody, and arrangement as the duo's more commercial songs from the era, but they keep the experimental bent and interest in minimalism of their earlier records, making them more rewarding and satisfying than either the skeletal early singles or commercial-minded pop songs like "Back From the Rains.

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" Most importantly, the collection includes the relative rarity "Drumming the Beating Heart," an utterly gorgeous two-minute wonder consisting of nothing more than Martyn Bates' remarkably controlled (for him) lead vocal with the unexpected appearance of a church-like pipe organ along with Peter Becker's angelic harmony just over halfway through.

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It may well be Eyeless in Gaza's finest work, but several other tracks here are nearly as fascinating.

Eyeless In Gaza - Rust Red September

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01 Changing Stations
02 Pearl And Pale
03 New Risen
04 September Hills
05 Taking Steps
06 Only Whispers
07 Leaves Are Dancing
08 No Perfect Stranger
09 Corner Of Dusk
10 Bright Play Of Eyes
11 Stealing Autumn
12 To Steven
13 Sun-like-gold
14 To Elizabeth S.
15 Lilt Of Music
16 Inky Blue Sky
17 Tell

Officially the band's fifth full vinyl release, Rust Red September finds the group further moving away from the brusquer hooks of its earliest days to a calmer reflectiveness.

If anything, the duo also achieved a light, airy pop feeling with this album, slotting it alongside more successful sounds from the U.K. in the mid-'80s without actually breaking through or, on a happier thought, pandering to achieve such success.

Eyeless In Gaza - Fabulous Library

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01 Slow Train
02 Fabulous Library
03 As Far and Deep as Love
04 Be the Teacher
05 Vivid (full-on)
06 She Tries on the Jewels
07 Stone Smile
08 Stormy Weather
09 Feel Like Letting Go
10 Loves a Sometime Thing

Eyeless In Gaza - Drumming the Beating Heart - Pale Hands I Love

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01 Transience Blues
02 Ill Wind Blows
03 One By One
04 Picture The Day
05 Dreaming At Rain
06 Two
07 Veil Like Calm
08 Throw A Shadow
09 Pencil Sketch
10 At Arms Length
11 Lights Of April
12 Before You Go
13 Tall AndWhite Nettles
14 Warm Breath, Soft And Slow
15 Blue Distance
16 Sheer Cliffs
17 Falling Leaf-Fading Flower - Goodbye To Summer
18 Lies Of Love
19 To Ellen
20 Oale Saint
21 Letters To She
22 Light Sliding
23 Big Clipper Ship

Eyeless In Gaza - All Under the Leaves, the Leaves of Life

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1 Monstrous Joy
2 Marionette
3 Struck Like Jacob Marley
4 Morning
5 Fracture Track
6 The Leaves of Life/Seven Virgins
7 Answer Song and Dance
8 Passing and Distant View
9 Damning Yourself Broken
10 Three Ships
11 As Was


Thuddingly pretentious album title aside, 1996's All Under Leaves Leaves of Life proves that Eyeless in Gaza did the right thing in reuniting in the mid-'90s.
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Less a rerun of the duo's older sounds than an interesting new juxtaposition of elements from throughout the first six years of their career, this album features the harsh electronics of the earliest Eyeless in Gaza singles ("Struck Like Jacob Marley" and "Fracture Track" are as noisy as anything they've ever done), the delicate, almost folkish minimalism of their best work ("Morning" and "Damning Yourself Broken," in particular, could be on Rust Red September), and the pop-oriented keyboards of their mid-'80s singles ("Answer Song and Dance," "Passing and Distance View").
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The twin highlights come at the end, with the gorgeous "Three Ships," a minimalist organ piece that recalls Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air, and "As Was," a lovely acoustic guitar and voice coda to a mysterious, intriguing album.