Talk Amongst the Trees

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Talk Amongst the Trees
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1, 2005
Genre Ambient
Length54:36
Label Temporary Residence
Eluvium chronology
An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death
(2004)
Talk Amongst the Trees
(2005)
Travels in Constants Vol. 20
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media 7.9/10 [2]

Talk Amongst the Trees is the third album from Portland, Oregon ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. The album is characterised by evocative ambient guitar work and features liberal use of loop/hold pedals to create lush/abstract guitar textures. The front cover is the painting "November" by Quint Buchholz.

Track listing

  1. "New Animals from the Air" - 10:47
  2. "Show Us Our Homes" - 4:46
  3. "Area 41" - 0:59
  4. "Everything to Come" - 5:40
  5. "Calm of the Cast-Light Cloud" - 5:30
  6. "Taken" - 16:56
  7. "We Say Goodbye to Ourselves" - 2:09
  8. "One" - 7:44

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References

  1. Rob Theakston (2005-03-01). "Talk Amongst the Trees - Eluvium | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060819080248/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17448/Eluvium_Talk_Amongst_the_Trees. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2007.Missing or empty |title= (help)