Listener reviews:
I liked the 80's lead in, and feel
The lyrics I liked, it reminded me of something Jim Morrison would say
I liked the retro synth sound on this, post punk, maybe some Joy Division with Devo thrown in
a little menace and perhaps paranoia...great sound!
Sounds like a lot of 1980s alt rock influence
I hear a David Byrne influence
terrific percussion

Lyrics
I've been called away by my own name
In another's tongue, somehow familiar
One moment of beauty
Looking at land and sea
I lost my identity
Found stillness within me

Unguided by Man but by the distant seas of fate
The love of the Earth in this special place
But there's so much more to the land
when the spirit sees
The whole world within me

Eilean

The title of this song goes as far as it possibly can , it can suggest no more , for there is nothing more to suggest to ultimately have the last say in sincerity of youth .
the kids are solid gold .
i will have this sweet anthem in my head til' the very last days of my waking life .
enjoy .
j c .

Sportique - 'The Kids Are Solid Gold ' ('98)

Chris Smillie has been writing songs forever under a few different names but the one he always come back to is ‘Simon’s Ghost’. The name is derived from a particularly good track by the Factory Records band, Crispy Ambulance from the album, The Plateau Phase. The original incarnation was formed in the final years of High School in Paisley with some friends - none of whom could play a note. Indeed, Chris ended up playing all the instruments in their first recording session, despite never having picked up an electric guitar before.

The first album, A Sea of Stars, is mostly played on an early Casiotone with some distorted guitar. Again, Chris plays all the instruments. The music can be compared to maybe the Trembling Blue Stars, Thom Yorke or New Order but played by early Band of Holy Joy or Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.

Later songs, such as 2017's new single, Breathe, sees Simon's Ghost move away from this lo-fi electronica to a harder post-punk / new wave sound reminiscent of Joy Division, the House of Love, Interpol or Killing Joke.

Eilean

Simon's Ghost

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