Episode 59: Those Men Interview

This is the 59th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This time around it’s another interview show and we’ll be speaking to Mark Elliott and Martin Clarke of Those Men. We’ll be featuring some music from their 2007 album ‘Sobgod’ but the bulk of the music will come from their ambitious latest work ‘Theman Simpulse’, an epic concept album which came out earlier this year . As well as the music you’ll hear how Mark and Martin came up with the ideas for this fantastical musical tale. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about Those Men.

Total running time: 1 hour and 58 minutes. Downloaded file is 108.1 MB.

1. Persona Dolls (4:01) – Those Men (Taken from the album ‘Sobgod’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

2. Time on the scale of one to four (2:03) – Those Men (Taken from the album ‘Sobgod’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

3. Do You Believe in the Fire in Your Soul? (3:46) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

4. Unbelieveable Skin (2:40) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

5. The Clean and Mutant Peace Tunnel (3:32) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

6. The Hanging Head Man (4:14) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

7. Theoretical Love (4:16) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

8. Ignacious Pig Freak (15:02) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

9. Up The Chute (6:47) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

10. What would you say if you had to eat yourself today? (6:26) – Those Men (Taken from their new double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk/)

11. Thanks For The Mammary (3:28) – Asparagus Apocalypse (Free download available from www.macjams.com/artist/Epileptic+Gibbon)

Thanks to Mark and Martin for coming such a long way to get to the Eppy Gibbon studio and for waiting such a long time for this interview to be aired (we actually recorded it late in the summer). Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). The next episode is another special seasonal edition of the show and we’ll be featuring lots of music with a wintry, festive or Christmassy theme to it, but very much in the traditional Eppy Gibbon vein.