Tracey Thorn

Reviews 1

Tracey Thorn
Love And Its Opposite

Articles 7

20 Years On: How Everything But The Girl’s Temperamental Helped Me Live Again

Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s final album together is a collection of songs “about going out” with a troubled mind at their core. When he recovered from a traumatising illness, Michael White fell hard for its blend of beats and brooding

Black Sky Thinking

Impure Intentions: Sandi Thom & Writing To Please The Radio

After Sandi Thom had a viral YouTube wobble over Radio 2 turning its nose up at new song Earthquake, Pete Paphides looks at the uncomfortable history of pop musicians writing to please the wireless

Film

Kip Follows: Director Carol Morley On The Falling

Lisa Jenkins meets up with director Carol Morley to discuss her new film The Falling

Things I Have Learned

Silent Night, Miserable Night – Tracey Thorn On Christmas Songs

When she recorded her seasonal album, Tracey Thorn discovered that all Christmas songs are essentially about misery and suffering. Photograph by Edward Bishop

A Quietus Interview

You Don’t Get Over A Broken Heart: Jens Lekman Interviewed

Siobhán Kane talks to Jens Lekman about the writing process, Tracey Thorn, and his new record I Know What Love Isn't

A Quietus Interview

From Eden With Love: Everything But The Girl Interviewed

Ian Wade sits down with Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt to discuss the new Everything But The Girl reissues, and why they don't need to do a reunion

A Quietus Interview

I Was A Marine Girl: Kurt, Courtney, LCD & Me By Tracey Thorn

In a fascinating piece for the Quietus, Tracey Thorn wonders why the Marine Girls have had such an impact on anyone from LCD Soundsystem to Courtney Love and Nirvana

News 3

Dave Haslam: Interviews Round-Up

Writer speaking to Mary Anne Hobbs, Paul Morley, Neneh Cherry and more in the coming weeks

WATCH: Tracey Thorn Xmas LP Doc Trailer

Promo clip of behind the scenes mini-documentary for Thorn's forthcoming album Tinsel And Lights. Pic by Edward Bishop

Tracey Thorn Christmas Album Due

...though not until October. She’s not that unseasonal, y’know.

Previously Read

Baker's Dozen

Creation Of Worlds: Bok Bok Discusses 13 Favourite Albums

Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City

Art

Interior, With Laptop: On Art At Home When There’s Nowhere Else To Go

What happens to art works when our homes become galleries?

Television

Nurse Jackie: Pills, Thrills And Belly Laughs

Edie Falco's troubled hospital heroine faces further complications in her second season. Terry Staunton welcomes the repeat prescription.

News

Hannah Peel & Will Burns Announce LP

Musician and poet collaborate on first joint record

Television

An Alternative Visual Poem: In Praise Of Southcliffe

Brilliant new Channel 4 series Southcliffe is a rare television programme that succeeds in capturing contemporary malaise. Austin Collings writes in praise of a challenging drama

Television

Ryan Murphy’s Feud & BBC’s The Replacement Reviewed By John Tatlock

Two shows about two women not getting along with each other, one of which is cleverer than it looks. ***Contains mild spoilers***

News

WATCH: Nochexxx & Plastic Horse

Watch Plastic Horse's freaky extended film to accompany Thrusters, the debut album from Cambridge's Nochexxx

Books

24 Hour Clinic: The Art Of The Poetry Anthology

Kit Caless gets to grips with Clinic III, the latest anthology from the South London poetry platform, and speaks to its editors about their selection process and the state of contemporary poetry

Film

Capital Gains! London: The Modern Babylon Explored

Jenny Horwell weighs the pros and cons of Julien Temple's cine-portrait of London, which is released on DVD by the British Film Institute next week

Film

Heart Felt: Being Elmo Reviewed

This big screen profile of the Jim Henson Productions veteran Kevin Clash spotlights a highly skilled art form that's been eclipsed by technological advances. Chris Bell offers a personal perspective in praise of puppetry

Film

Forty Years Of Despair: The Night Porter’s Weirder, Younger Sibling

What happened when Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Tom Stoppard, and Dirk Bogarde worked together on a Nabokov adaptation? Forty years later, Jeremy Allen investigates.

Books

Awkward Bastardry: How The Music Of The North-East Hits Different

With his new book *The North Will Rise Again* published this week by Bloomsbury, author Alex Niven asks why the music of England's north-east is so often overlooked compared to its southern or western neighbours

Books

Tomorrow Belonged To Them: Kraftwerk’s Future Music From Germany

Uwe Schütte’s new book, Kraftwerk: Future Music From Germany places the group in a lineage stretching from the Weimar to Berghain, finds John Quin

Baker's Dozen

Choice Of An Angel: Charlotte Church’s Favourite Albums

Charlotte Church, former world-conquering child soprano turned alt-rock auteur, picks 13 albums that may entirely change your view of her. But, as the Quietus finds out, challenging preconceptions is something she's used to

News

Download Free Black Lips Track Here

Get your ears around a Black Lips ditty, and watch the Heaven gig mayhem

Film

I Look At People: Claire Denis Interviewed

Hannah Gregory talks to Claire Denis about her work, music, the way she approaches her cast, and the French Foreign Legion's tiny shorts

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Reviews 1

Tracey Thorn Love And Its Opposite

Articles 7

20 Years On: How Everything But The Girl’s Temperamental Helped Me Live Again

Impure Intentions: Sandi Thom & Writing To Please The Radio

Kip Follows: Director Carol Morley On The Falling

Silent Night, Miserable Night – Tracey Thorn On Christmas Songs

You Don’t Get Over A Broken Heart: Jens Lekman Interviewed

From Eden With Love: Everything But The Girl Interviewed

I Was A Marine Girl: Kurt, Courtney, LCD & Me By Tracey Thorn

News 3

Dave Haslam: Interviews Round-Up

WATCH: Tracey Thorn Xmas LP Doc Trailer

Tracey Thorn Christmas Album Due

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

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