Matt Elliott ‎– Drinking Songs (2005) [FULL ALBUM]

Matt Elliott is an English guitarist and singer from Bristol, England, who plays dark folk music. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation.

artwork by Vania Zouravliov

Tracklist
01 00:00 C.F. Bundy
02 09:21 Trying To Explain
03 12:00 The Guilty Party
04 19:15 Whats Wrong
05 23:24 The Kursk
06 34:58 What The Fuck Am I Doing On This Battlefield?
07 40:14 A Waste Of Blood
08 46:06 The Maid We Messed

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After 8 albums mainly published under the name The Third Eye Foundation by Domino rcds (Franz Ferdinand, The Kills, Pavement ...), Matt Elliott now lives and works in France and chose Ici d'ailleurs to release his "Drinking songs" which confirm his evolution to a tormented folk, which owes as much to his electronica roots as to his taste for Slavic & Eastern European music.

His collaboration with Ici D'ailleurs started in 1999 when he remixed Yann Tiersen's "La dispute" on the label's sampler. This song also opens his remix album, "I poopoo on your juju" (Domino).

Matt is an historical figure in electronic music. Originally from Bristol, UK, he started out with the "Flying saucer attack" project and AMP among others. He created with The Third Eye Foundation a very personal dark and organic electronica.

Today, he translates his former works' dark and oppressive atmospheres. "Drinking song" puts an emphasis on distant voices and ethereal ambiences. Guitars and keyboards are getting softer, almost affectionate, sometimes overwhelmed by drum n' bass beats that carry the song upward. Choirs and echoes give an almost mystical dimension to the album. All the songs hold the audience spellbound.

Matt Elliott has a real gift for carrying the listener to parallel worlds, for appealing to memories and imagination. His music floods the room and creates an insistent and hypnotic atmosphere, both lascivious and violent.

This album invites introspection, never taking the easy way out. Matt Elliott delivers a marvel of sensitivity, a precious moment of lucidity and perceptiveness. An alchemic instant.

(p) & (c) Ici d'ailleurs

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[RatNasty]

The souls of dead russian submarine operators... crying endlessly into the dark from their watery grave.
Haunting.

[BTVagrant]

> Thinks "The Kursk" is kinda funny and overly dramatic
> Googles "The Kursk Submarine Disaster"
> Reads
> "It's cold, I'm afraid, been like this for a day. The water is frozen and slowly we're dying"
>
> Swallows a whole bottle of beer
> Now looks like the guy on the album cover

[lucianopassos]

It's really good to hear this album with a bottled dog by my side.

[Aquaman]

Tracklist
01 00:00 C.F. Bundy
02 09:21 Trying To Explain
03 12:00 The Guilty Party
04 19:15 Whats Wrong
05 23:24 The Kursk
06 34:58 What The Fuck Am I Doing On This Battlefield?
07 40:14 A Waste Of Blood
08 46:06 The Maid We Messed

[wowdisgoodfuf]

wow "A Waste Of Blood"? That's how I feel always.

[weewewee]

bebo decir que el título de este álbum le viene bien.

con un par de bebidas y este álbum.. es un magnífico viaje.. incluso cambio mis canciones ocasionales por este álbum. esas melodías, (porque no entiendo la letra, y no he buscado la letra de todas las canciones aún) a mi parecer tienen algo.., los llamaría tristes, por no encontrar otra palabra pero de que transmiten algo sad lo hace..

[idksomethingedgy]

Is it just me or do parts of ‘what’s wrong’ sound like Matt is struggling not to cry?

[vinzelrato]

a lot of hidden messages in the background lyrics...

[Melontree]

damn! the album is cool but that last song made me check if some dnb song hadn't accidentally started playing in another tab that might have also opened by itself... unfortunate combination...