Dark poets...

And Also The Trees is an English group formed in 1979 at Inkberrow whose particularity is to have particularly poetic song lyrics.

It is by sending a demo to the Cure that the group will make himself known. A benevolence that will allow them to participate in certain promotional shows of the tour of the latter.

They released their first single "Shantell" in 1983, followed in 1984 by the single "The secret sea". Shortly followed by their first album, the name of the group. All produced by one man, namely Lol Tolhurst des Cure.

In 1986 the album "Virus meadow" was released, followed in 1987 by the singles "Shaletown" and "The house of the heart".

Two years later, the album "The Millpond years" was released, followed in 1989 by the album "Farewell to the shade".

A particularly prolific group, the album "Green is the sea" was released in 1992, "The klaxon" in 1993, "Angelfish" in 1996 and finally "Silver soul" in 1998.

An adventure that will continue even more during the decades that will follow...

To discover or rediscover.

Discography (among others ...) :

Shantell 1983
Wallpaper dying 1983
Talk without words 1984
The secret sea 1984
Secrecy 1984
Shaletown 1987
Needle street 1987
This ship in trouble 1988
The house of the heart 1988
Lady d’Arbanville 1989
Misfortunes 1989
Red Valentino 1992
The dust sailor 1992
Dialogue 1993
Wooden leg 1993
The flatlands 1993
Brother fear 1996
The lights of Phoenix 1996
Tremaine 1996
Blue runner 1998
The obvious 1998
The man who ran away 2003
Pale sun 2003
Domed 2007
The beautiful silence 2007
Mermen of the lea 2009
The dust sailor 2009
Burn down this town 2012
What's lost finds 2012
Whisky bride 2012
Your guess 2016
The sleepers 2016
Beyond action and reaction 2022
The girl who walks the city 2022

Clips :

1983 ... the beginnings of dark sweetness. A basic trend rather Cold Wave but in fairly moderate shades...for now

1983 ... an inspiration and a style which can disconcert, it is clear. But what also makes the group original

1984 ... the sound evolves and is structured. A necessary and beneficial development to avoid too significant and too lasting marginalization for the group ...

1984 ... an almost wordless story. Certainly, the group will never reach the top of the Charts but what he offers has at least the merit of thinking outside the box ...

1987 ... a title marked by a gentle torpor. Hunt the natural, it gallops as they say. The group sets out again on slightly tortuous paths and hardly accessible for the common man ...

1987 ... a dark side that we find again through this title. A strong musical orientation and that they do not intend to change. Or little ...

1988 ... only the haunted castle and the misty moor are missing so that the picture is perfect. A group that cultivates a particularly surprising darkness to the end ...

1988 ... come on, a little gaiety, what the hell, it was time ! And again, the gaiety in them has all relative gaits ...

1989 ... in homage to Cat Stevens and to the ode which he will write especially to Patti d'Arbenville...his lover. A surprising cover to say the least ...

1989...an almost joyful sound as an end-of-decade gift. Let's enjoy, with them, it's rather a rare thing !

1992...one could have imagined that the group would not go beyond the 80s with this particular style. But it was very bad to know them...

1992...not only will they last but they will last much longer than most of the bands that started at the same time as them...

1993... it is clear that the best years are now behind them in terms of success but that does not alter their will to believe in it always and again...

1993...the question now is whether they will know how to reinvent themselves or will they continue on the same path ? The future will tell us...

1993...for the moment we remain on more or less the same bases as during the previous decade. It must be said that we do not change style overnight...

1996... still no noticeable change in the middle of the decade. The group quietly continues its adventure without changing anything...

1996...after that they pursue their career as they see fit. As long as they take pleasure in doing what they do without evolving too much, why change anything...

1996...on the other hand it is clear that there is a price to pay in these cases and the price to pay is a slow but inexorable marginalization...

1998...a decade of the 90s which will have seen them maintain a quality level that is more than certain. Nothing exceptional, certainly, but good work and this in an obvious way...

1998... what is also certain is that the level of productivity remains high, to say the least. So nothing to worry about at this stage regarding a possible transition to the next decade...

2003...they begin here their 3rd decade of career with the firm will not to let go. A group that will have managed to do over time without denying himself...

2003...the more the decades pass, the more their style may seem somewhat out of step with the times. But we won't remake them as they say...

2007...the level of productivity weakens somewhat in the 2000s, but there is no reason to worry about it for the moment. They are here again...

2007...this 2000 decade will not be their most inspired, but the average quality level remains largely sufficient to keep them a little bit in the race...

2009...still just as offbeat, still just as out of the ordinary. They remain firm on their fundamentals and still do not intend to change them at first sight...

2009...a will to believe in it until the end which commands respect incontestably. No matter the fashions, whether there is success or not, they continue at all costs...

2012... with each new title we think it will be the last and each time they come back again and again...

2012...especially since there are more and more bands like them from the 80s wanting to try their luck during this new decade of 2010...

2012...a strong comeback of bands from the 80s which show that all these bands still have things to offer. And interesting too !

2016...the level of productivity has dropped, of course, but they still come back more or less regularly. A regularity from it due to an inspiration always of high level...

2016...constant inspiration but just as constant style and sound. Nothing moves and must not move in their very particular universe...

2022...they will have gone through the 80s, then the 90s, then the 2000s, then the 2010s. And here they are at the gates of the 2020s, still determined not to let go...