Talk Talk Chat Back
Betty Page, Vox, November 1991
Mark Hollis takes minimalism to its limit with a one-note solo on Talk Talk's new album, Laughing Stock. Still, a solo, like life, is what you make it, and — hey, man! — it's the space between notes that really matters. Betty Page talks ambience with the reclusive muso who maintains that "the mistakes are the best things…"
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