The Tear Garden was formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and… Read Full Bio ↴The Tear Garden was formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985, after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel. Various other "guests" from Skinny Puppy and the Pink Dots appear on future albums The band released EPs in 1985 and 1986, combined on 1987's full length, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. Their debut was their most electronic and mixed together the psychedelic, experimental, and industrial sounds each band was known for. Later albums veer more into the space rock style of the Pink Dots. Their most recent release from 2002, Eye Spy with my Little Eye, is a collection of out-takes from the mid-80s period.
An excerpt from a Nettwerk Records press release, July 1996:
The roots of The Tear Garden extend back to 1983 when Cevin Key, on the verge of forming Skinny Puppy, struck up a trans-Atlantic correspondence with Edward Ka-Spel, the lead vocalist and driving force behind The Legendary Pink Dots. Three years later, Ka-Spel visited Vancouver for a series of three live performances with Key as sound technician, and during his visit, they recorded The Tear Garden's self-titled debut EP.
In 1987, Ka-Spel returned to open for Skinny Puppy on their North American tour, after which the duo retreated to the studio for two weeks to produce the now classic electronic-psychedelic album, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. It was during these sessions that the project's ranks began to expand, with guest appearances by Key's fellow Puppies Dwayne Goettel and Nivek Ogre.
Four years later, the Garden bloomed again, this time growing well beyond the Key/Ka-Spel partnership to include not only Goettel, but a wide assortment of friends, including most of the Pink Dots. This fruitful month-long collaboration spawned two releases: an album called The Last Man To Fly, and a (very long) EP called Sheila Liked The Rodeo.
Another four years passed. Four years that saw literal and figurative deaths (the departure of both Skinny Puppy and LPD from their long-time labels; the subsequent break-up of SP; the tragic passing of Dwayne Goettel) and births (Edward's son, Calyxx; Download; Key's return to Nettwerk).
In late December, 1995, in the midst of this turbulence, The Tear Garden gathered once more, perhaps to attempt to trigger the dawn of a tranquil new era. The result was To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide, an album of fragile and powerful beauty that digs even deeper into the psychedelic underground than its predecessors, adding a range of influences from dub bass to country slide guitar, all the while retaining the dark electronic melancholy that has become the project's signature.
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Four more years passed. Tear Garden got back together in 1999 and in 2000, Crystal Mass was released. In 2001, a "best of" collection was issued by the Russian label Brudenia, Для Тех, Ҡто Прогулялся Бьі С Богами (which translates to "For Those Who Would Walk with the Gods") as well as an "outtakes" collection released by Cevin Key's Subconscious Communications label, Eye Spy with My Little Eye.
2007 saw the release of The Secret Experiment, once again on Subconscious Communications. This is from the "Vault 2" series but features new music.
Currently, Edward and cEvin wrapped up their sessions of 13 tracks, compiled into a brand new upcoming TG release, available through Subcon.
Discography
* Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987)
* Last Man to Fly (1992)
* Sheila Liked The Rodeo (1993)
* Bouquet of Black Orchids (1993)
* To Be an Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide (1996)
* Crystal Mass (2000)
* Eye Spy With My Little Eye (2002)
* The Secret Experiment (2007)
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An excerpt from a Nettwerk Records press release, July 1996:
The roots of The Tear Garden extend back to 1983 when Cevin Key, on the verge of forming Skinny Puppy, struck up a trans-Atlantic correspondence with Edward Ka-Spel, the lead vocalist and driving force behind The Legendary Pink Dots. Three years later, Ka-Spel visited Vancouver for a series of three live performances with Key as sound technician, and during his visit, they recorded The Tear Garden's self-titled debut EP.
In 1987, Ka-Spel returned to open for Skinny Puppy on their North American tour, after which the duo retreated to the studio for two weeks to produce the now classic electronic-psychedelic album, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. It was during these sessions that the project's ranks began to expand, with guest appearances by Key's fellow Puppies Dwayne Goettel and Nivek Ogre.
Four years later, the Garden bloomed again, this time growing well beyond the Key/Ka-Spel partnership to include not only Goettel, but a wide assortment of friends, including most of the Pink Dots. This fruitful month-long collaboration spawned two releases: an album called The Last Man To Fly, and a (very long) EP called Sheila Liked The Rodeo.
Another four years passed. Four years that saw literal and figurative deaths (the departure of both Skinny Puppy and LPD from their long-time labels; the subsequent break-up of SP; the tragic passing of Dwayne Goettel) and births (Edward's son, Calyxx; Download; Key's return to Nettwerk).
In late December, 1995, in the midst of this turbulence, The Tear Garden gathered once more, perhaps to attempt to trigger the dawn of a tranquil new era. The result was To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide, an album of fragile and powerful beauty that digs even deeper into the psychedelic underground than its predecessors, adding a range of influences from dub bass to country slide guitar, all the while retaining the dark electronic melancholy that has become the project's signature.
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Four more years passed. Tear Garden got back together in 1999 and in 2000, Crystal Mass was released. In 2001, a "best of" collection was issued by the Russian label Brudenia, Для Тех, Ҡто Прогулялся Бьі С Богами (which translates to "For Those Who Would Walk with the Gods") as well as an "outtakes" collection released by Cevin Key's Subconscious Communications label, Eye Spy with My Little Eye.
2007 saw the release of The Secret Experiment, once again on Subconscious Communications. This is from the "Vault 2" series but features new music.
Currently, Edward and cEvin wrapped up their sessions of 13 tracks, compiled into a brand new upcoming TG release, available through Subcon.
Discography
* Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987)
* Last Man to Fly (1992)
* Sheila Liked The Rodeo (1993)
* Bouquet of Black Orchids (1993)
* To Be an Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide (1996)
* Crystal Mass (2000)
* Eye Spy With My Little Eye (2002)
* The Secret Experiment (2007)
http://brainwashed.com/teargarden/
Friendly Fire
The Tear Garden Lyrics
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A Global Threat Spread by force at any cost, this great democracy The…
Aaron Flinn the sky's alive with emerald eyes rocket lies and black bett…
Antillectual Bodies slashed apart, into pieces Houses bombed away Your ow…
Apoptygma Berzerk In a twisted dream I met a wandered girl Her eyes sore…
At Vance They were young at heart Wild and free Faith was their bel…
BBC Concert Orchestra & Pet Shop Boys An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? B…
Bill Mallonee Drove past my mums old house on Bury New Road The…
Billie Trix An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? …
Blood Spencer The surface of your heart feels like old pergament the…
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Cavashawn Yes, you made your point You know I want you I can't…
Celine Cairo You've been running from yourself From the way on your chest…
Citizen Cope They say help is comin They say help is on it's…
Claire There is a state of mind Where nothing is forever It all…
Doyle Airence Man, look at your father's eyes, I think you burned…
Elder We've fought enough, weve killed enough, And spilled a lot o…
Frances Barber & Pet Shop Boys An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? B…
French Vanilla I'm living through a record I'm gonna set it…
Funker Vogt Within a few seconds their jets came over the hill Strafing …
Fury In The Slaughterhouse We've got a brand new game with an age old…
Glenn Tipton Oh so young and far from home They only get one…
Helium Vola Sometimes I'm like a thorny briar. Sometimes I'm like a win…
His Hero Is Gone Shake hands with the bastards that We hate in agreement…
Holly Humberstone Hello We had a mutual friend who played cupid You jumped in…
Jamie Scott You can carry all you want but your body calls…
Jawbreaker Walked beyond the fence, played outside our yard. You took i…
Kensington Friendly fire on the horizon I'll stay close behind decide …
Leagues I wasn’t fighting with you I was fighting for you I was…
Lennon Sean I don't want to hear Another word from you now I'd rather…
Linkin Park Tell me the words I′ve forgotten What we were fighting for S…
Lowly God Running through the trap From the glass Through your imprint…
Marcel Legane The spaces are growing between us A gap unfolds I'm swollen …
Maximum Fun Bonus Content 2020 I have this thing where I get older, but just…
Nothing More I don't care about the story I don't care about the…
Pet Shop Boys An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? G…
Pet Shop Boys & BBC Concert Orchestra An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? B…
Pimpulsiv Warn die Leute vor Shef Er nimmt ihnen Freundinnen weg Und l…
psychoprism I'm out down for the count the truth hurts Got nothing…
Reigning Days Is all you ever asked for, Heaven on the avenue? Your name i…
Sean Lennon I don't want to hear Another word from you now I'd rather…
Sodom Shooting from behind Spitting from the left How long I'll st…
Southcott Anonymous, this I promise and I'd love to keep things…
Starlight Theatre I've been pulled apart Reassembled yet still incomplete You …
Steve Poltz I'll be dreaming of your face at night and I…
The Kissaway Trail My kingdom for a cellar door. The ship sank, too much…
This Holiday Life The high sun is beating down The whole town is gathered…
Trial By Fire March in place, so what's the purpose?... living labels, liv…
UB40 We were partners in crime Spending our days, serving…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Tear Garden:
A Bitter Pill Heard you on the radio The morning show was stuck between …
A Ship Named Stowaway, starless Washed down by an uncaring tide Thrown aw…
Ascension Day I tried to find some silence in this shallow space. I…
Castaway Raised by wolves abandoned Forced to stalk you Haunt your …
Circles in the Sand Dehydrated Slightly decomposed A wishing stone thrown hopele…
Coma He'd seen her twice but not forgotten. She'd dabbed his…
Crying from Outside This beating heart is yours to break. Take your sacrifical …
Cyberspider Now the ceremony's started And the prosecution rests We're…
Déjà Vu It was a cold November evening and I should have…
Desert Island Disc Can you recall that little boy with blood-red hair He'd kic…
Do It Yourself from A-Z Part 2 They figured me a dead motherfucker Calling me James Spleen …
Dr. Chang's Tummy Rub (Backwards): Treat him well for deep inside the prince of…
Empathy With the Devil My flavour is the stuff of locusts Hot chili firebrand Spurt…
Feathered Friends Smoky Joe's done firing, no use hosing the remains Now we'v…
Her Majesty's Trusted Food Taster This one's frivolous, it's laughing Laughing loudly on my t…
Hopeful What if the demons are dying But fighting as they fade Wha…
Hyperform Snakebite spitting spiders eyes They swallowed up the night …
In Search of My Rose I found you crying outside on the wall of Devil's…
Isis Veiled They're closing in, I switched the pictures Painted all the …
Judgement Hour I've got my eyes fixed on your picture This finger's pressi…
Last Post I'd like to think of angels We discussed a happy end A…
Love Notes & Carnations I sit and watch your silhouette, I wonder what you're doing…
Malice Through the Looking Glass Snowblind I can't find my way back because my tracks move…
My Thorny Thorny Crown A trip to the insanium in chains They ripped his cranium San…
New Eden My splintered stoned Medusa Lies in places by the mirror. S…
Oo Ee Oo Somewhere in the desert there's a hole, where the water's…
Ophelia Crawling through the minefield We never saw the signs The …
Perforated Man This is our dear lord at heaven's gate See the wings…
Phoenix Hit "rewind". You sit surrounded by a frame, your laugh…
Psycho 9 I took my customary stroll In the mid-day sun Got my devil…
Romulus and Venus Everything you gave me lies within a trunk, within a…
Room With a View The hunter lines his trophies up across his wall, beneath…
Sheila Liked the Rodeo Sheila liked the rodeo She'd take a ringside seat She'd mu…
Six of One Take me to the other side Take me on a joyride…
Sybil the Spider Consumes Himself "Whose side are you on?" Said the spider to the bird "Do…
Tear Garden Our lady on the balcony in black and red The band…
The Bomb Bomb Loopapa Tribe Drown Themselves in a Vat of Marmite Anything's O.K. You want the moon Don't get the wrong idea…
The Center Bullet Dead shot through the temple In the temple heard the preach…
The Double Spades Effect Don't try to bluff I'm wearing these shades I anticipate t…
The Great Lie What if they made it all up Four guys, two thousand…
The Running Man Me - I have my cross to bear It's twisted flying…
The Train To China Bikini girls and hunks are showing us the joys of…
Things That Go Bump in the Night Synchronize your watches Cos the party's just begun He hol…
To Mourn the Death of Colour Been here long enough now, I'm fighting the effect Through …
Turn Me On Dead Man I snared you in a photograph I trapped you on a…
Valium Sometimes he was playful and he'd roll a ball -…
We the People The revolution came and they blew it. They made a hole…
White Coats and Haloes Watch your step! They're all out spying Catch your breath …
With Wings The crippled soul divides and the scars of years fly…
You & Me & Rainbows You're number eight. Your name is Jane, with black hair,…
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