Even As We Speak were formed in Sydney, Australia in the mid-1980's by founding members Matthew Love (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Mary Wyer (vocals, guitar), who were later joined by Rob Irwin (bass) Anita Rayner (drums, banjo, mandolin), Paul Clarke (guitar, vocals) and Julian Knowles (keyboards, guitar, production). After a series of vinyl releases on Australian independent labels including Phantom Records, and success on the Australian indie scene, they came to the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel who started to play the band's Phantom Records single 'Goes So Slow' on his show. This brought them to the attention of UK audiences and began a relationship with UK indie label Sarah Records, releasing several singles and the superb 'Feral Pop Frenzy' album on the label. Between 1992 and 1993 the group recorded three sessions for John Peel and one session for Mark Goodier for BBC Radio 1, and were one of the few Australian bands to record Peel Sessions, alongside The Birthday Party, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens and Laughing Clowns, and all of the recordings were released as the album 'Yellow Food: The Peel Sessions' in June 2014. After the release of their sole album the band broke up, and Wyer formed a pop rock band, Her Name in Lights, which issued their debut album 'Into The Light Again' in October 2004. In 2016, the band reformed (minus Paul Clarke) to play NYC Popfest and added some further shows to mark the release of 'Yellow Food: The Peel Sessions'. This led to the band recording and releasing a 5 track EP of new material, 'The Black Forest', on 10" vinyl and CD through Emotional Response Records in the US in September 2017, and they followed this three years later with their second album 'Adelphi', which was released 24 July 2020 on Shelflife Records. Before they signed to Sarah Records, the band had released a significant amount of material on Australian indie labels, and few of these songs appeared on that debut album, so this post collects them together so that every non-album track is now all in one place.
Track listing
01 Looking Over Your Shoulder (from the 'Small Fish In A Big Machine' EP 1986)
02 By The Side Of The Road (from the 'Small Fish In A Big Machine' EP 1986)
03 I Can Do Without (from the 'Small Fish In A Big Machine' EP 1986)
04 Falling Down (from the 'Small Fish In A Big Machine' EP 1986)
05 Blue Suburban Skies (single 1987)
06 Bizarre Love Triangle (b-side of 'Blue Suburban Skies')
07 I Won't Have To Think About You (single 1987)
08 Single To Central (b-side of 'I Won't Have To Think About You')
09 Galveston (b-side of 'I Won't Have To Think About You')
10 Goes So Slow (single 1989)
11 Nothing Ever Happens (b-side of 'Goes So Slow')
12 A Stranger Calls (b-side of 'Goes So Slow')
13 100 (from 'Outgrown This Town' 12" 1990)
14 Pleasure Circles (from 'Outgrown This Town' 12" 1990)
15 Brain (from 'Outgrown This Town' 12" 1990)
16 Outgrown This Town (from 'Outgrown This Town' 12" 1990)
17 Must Be Something Else (from the 'One Step Forward' EP 1991)
18 Best Kept Secret (from the 'One Step Forward' EP 1991)
19 Nothing Much At All (b-side of 'Beautiful Day' 1991)
20 Blue Eyes Deceiving Me (from the 'Blue Eyes Deceiving Me' EP 1993)
21 (All You Find Is) Air (from the 'Blue Eyes Deceiving Me' EP 1993)
22 Getting Faster (from the 'Blue Eyes Deceiving Me' EP 1993)
