The Gist Interior Windows

Re-press. In the wake of Young Marble Giants breakup, two acts were created, with Stuart Moxham taking minimalist, geometric play to extremes while Alison Statton added more warmth and feeling to a similar template, creating something stunning yet based in popular forms. Those two opposing means of forging paths away from one of musics most astonishingly unique debuts both included Stuarts brother, Phil. With no template to guide him, Stuarts new music - as The Gist - was regarded as wildly uneven. Stuart admits that he didnt know which way to go, so perversely, he decided to take all directions at once. The Gists label, Rough Trade, dropped the band. Starting with a critical re-evaluation of The Gists sole album Embrace The Herd in an issue of Mojo, the tide begin to turn. Ambience in pop has long enjoyed a cult following, and the nonlinear structure of many of The Gists songs have parallels with artists such as Aphex Twin and Seefeel. One song from the era was covered by Etienne Daho