5013929112896

Skeletal Framework - The Cherry Red Recordings 1981-1986

Eyeless In Gaza

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Format: 5CD

Cat No: CRCDBOX128

Release Date:  26 August 2022

Label:  Cherry Red Records / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  5013929112896

Genres:  Indie  Alternative  

  • Description


    • The complete Eyeless In Gaza Cherry Red recordings, compiled and curated by Martyn Bates and Pete Becker.



    • 5CD clamshell box set featuring sleevenotes and extensive song-by-song reminisces by Martyn Bates.



    • Their entire 1981-1986 output for the label re-worked into five thematic suites by the band, bringing new life and light to familiar and much-loved material.



    • Includes the classics ‘Invisibility’, ‘Veil Like Calm’, Kodak Ghosts Run Amok’, ‘New Risen’ and many more.



    • A brilliant introduction for the curious and a fascinating re-visit for long-term fans.


    During the first half of the 1980s, few artists cut a path as individual and self-contained as Eyeless In Gaza. Over six albums and several classic singles, the duo followed their muse in multiple different directions at once, unrestrained by any desire to fit in with whatever was going on around them. Bursts of primal electronica sat comfortably alongside reflective ballads and lo-fi recordings and polished productions were equally valued, all of it pulled together by Martyn Bates’ unmistakable vocals and a singular, minimalist approach to songwriting.


    Curated by Eyeless In Gaza, and accompanied by Martyn Bates’ song-by-song reflections on their work, ‘Skeletal Framework’ presents the band’s entire Cherry Red output re-cast as five themed suites (or perhaps even playlists), each reflecting one of their many sides. The group’s best-known work sits comfortably alongside deeper album cuts and rarities with interesting results, as the duo guide us back and forth across recordings spanning almost six years of one of Cherry Red’s most distinctive artists.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Looking Daggers
      • 2. Skeletal Framework
      • 3. Half Light
      • 4. September Hills
      • 5. The Feelings Mutual
      • 6. In Your Painting
      • 7. Fixation
      • 8. Continual
      • 9. Scale Amiss
      • 10. Faceless
      • 11. The Decoration
      • 12. Voice From The Tracks
      • 13. Whitewash
      • 14. True Colour
      • 15. Out From The Day-To-Day
      • 16. Plague Of Years
      • 17. Taking Steps (Original Version)
      • 18. A Keepsake
      • 19. From A To B
      • 20. Soul On Thin Ice
      • 21. Seven Years
      • 22. Knives Replace Air

      Disc 2

      • 1. Others
      • 2. No Perfect Stranger
      • 3. Twilight
      • 4. One By One
      • 5. Sweet Life Longer
      • 6. Everpresent
      • 7. Two
      • 8. China Blue Vision
      • 9. New Love Here
      • 10. Speech Rapid Fire
      • 11. Changing Stations
      • 12. Sun Bursts In
      • 13. Point You
      • 14. Clear Cut Apparently
      • 15. Veil Like Calm
      • 16. Welcome Now
      • 17. New Risen
      • 18. Pencil Sketch
      • 19. Picture The Day
      • 20. Rose Petal Knot
      • 21. Invisibility
      • 22. Pearl And Pale
      • 23. Keynote Inertia
      • 24. Taking Steps  
      • 25. Kodak Ghosts Run Amok

      Disc 3

      • 1. Drumming The Beating Heart
      • 2. Lie Still, Sleep Long
      • 3. See Red
      • 4. Bright Play Of Eyes
      • 5. Corner Of Dusk
      • 6. Before You Go
      • 7. At Arms Length
      • 8. Catch Me
      • 9. No Noise
      • 10. Evening Music
      • 11. Every Which Way
      • 12. Stealing Autumn
      • 13. My Last, Lost Melody
      • 14. Far Lands Blue
      • 15. Your Rich Sky
      • 16. Only Whispers
      • 17. Leaves Are Dancing
      • 18. Back From The Rains
      • 19. Between These Dreams
      • 20. Flight Of Swallows
      • 21. Catch Me, Count Me, Catch Fire

      Disc 4

      • 1. Light Sliding
      • 2. Dusky Ruth
      • 3. Ill Wind Blows
      • 4. The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers
      • 5. Inky Blue Sky
      • 6. Throw A Shadow
      • 7. Tall And White Nettles
      • 8. Sixth Sense
      • 9. Lights Of April
      • 10. Scent Of Evening Air
      • 11. Transience Blues
      • 12. Through Eastfields
      • 13. Lilt Of Music
      • 14. To Ellen
      • 15. Tell
      • 16. Still Air
      • 17. She Moves Thru The Fair
      • 18. Blue Distance

      Disc 5

      • 1. Big Clipper Ship
      • 2. Dreaming At Rain
      • 3. Pale Saints
      • 4. Lies Of Love
      • 5. To Steven
      • 6. John Of Patmos
      • 7. Avenue With Trees
      • 8. Sun Like Gold
      • 9. Sheer Cliffs
      • 10. Letters To She
      • 11. Jane Dancing
      • 12. Three Kittens
      • 13. To Elizabeth S.
      • 14. Falling Leaf/Fading Flower;Goodbye To Summer
      • 15. Warm Breath Soft And Slow
      • 16. You Frighten