epic

from Sleeping star... not a great Lp but carries some weight. inmop, this his 2nd solo LP as a singer/songwriter suffers from the singing though i'm not sure i'd want it any other way. Curious if i'd like it if I did not know his history. hate it one day...love it another.. this review sucks. http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Star-Epic-Soundtracks/dp/B0000048DZ/ref=pd_sim_m_1">so buy it. via me Perhaps best known as a co-founder of British post-punkers Swell Maps, Epic Soundtracks reinvented himself as an eccentric, critically acclaimed piano balladeer during the '90s. Soundtracks -- who trademarked his stage name, forcing Epic Records' soundtrack division to change its spelling to "Soundtrax" -- was born Kevin Paul Godfrey in Croydon, England, on March 23, 1959 (although several sources list Paul Godley). In 1972, he and his older brother Nicholas -- later Nikki Sudden -- started playing music together, influenced chiefly by Can and T. Rex, and often using found objects as percussion. By 1976, this project had become the seminal Swell Maps; over 1979-1980, the band issued two cultishly adored albums that influenced underground icons like Sonic Youth and Pavement. Soundtracks had an affinity for pure pop and singer/songwriter sensitivity that had thus far gone unfulfilled. In 1993, he returned to his long-abandoned solo career to explore just that, signing with Bar/None to issue his first-ever album, Rise Above. Although it featured guest appearances from alt-rock admirers like Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, and J Mascis, the album was a warm, gentle exercise in traditional-style pop that placed Soundtracks and his piano firmly at center stage. Surprised at the results given Soundtracks' post-punk pedigree, critics responded with equal warmth. A follow-up album, Sleeping Star, appeared in 1994 and duplicated much of its predecessor's low-key charm.