Mark Hollis
English singer and songwriterWikipedia
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Sep 7, 2026
speaker_1HOST
I know it's like a celebration of not just the music but the whole creative journey.
speaker_1HOST
Mark Holley's would have been proud.
speaker_2HOST
Speaking of Hollies, his passing in 2019 really left a mark.
speaker_2HOST
I wonder if that motivated this reunion to honor him.
Andrew WebberGUEST
You can take it out of the sleeve, you're going to have the sleeve in your hand, you're going to have the lyrics to look at, you're going to put the record on and turn it over halfway through.
Andrew WebberGUEST
One thing about vinyl is that silence on vinyl, Mark Hollis from Talk Talk would love this, is that silence is better on vinyl because it really exists as a tangible thing.
Andrew WebberGUEST
So it's actually the space between records that is silent.
Andrew WebberGUEST
So we used to put, when you were using analogue tape, basically there would be, I think it's called leaders, so bits of white tape that would be cut according to a certain length and then inserted between the songs so that when you mastered it, that white tape just was recorded.
Andrew WebberGUEST
But sometimes artists might have, you know, make it shorter.
Andrew WebberGUEST
So the silence between the songs was even shorter or longer, you know, to sort of muck about with even the silence.
Andrew WebberGUEST
Mark Hollis would have had a field day with that, wouldn't he? So the silence does sound better.
Andrew WebberGUEST
um unfortunately i think in my case the the version i've got of this is one of these remastered copies of it in other words it's not the original one that was released in the n82 that vinyl copy it's a version that was released in 2012 or whatever and someone has listened to it and remastered it and i've always thought that those remasterings actually do lose something sometimes and and in this instance it's not one that i think uh The actual, in my opinion, this particular record, it's not one where you go, oh my God, it's brought out even more to hear it on vinyl.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
Released in 1984.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
The story of this song is that of Mark Hollis, a complex character, genius, perfectionist and rebel who refused to fit into the mould of the music industry.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
Mark Hollis was born in 1955 in Tottenham.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
After studying child psychology, he turned to punk music.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
His older brother, also a musician, introduces Mark to his record company and then, in 1981, he signs a contract with his group, Talk Talk.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
For Mark Hollis, psychology is a vocation and it will greatly influence his writing and his career.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
Talk Talk, originally a pure product of the 80s, goes against the current trends of the day.
Peter KirkpatrickHOST
The words of Mark Hollis reflect concerns far removed from fashionable themes and musically there is no question of being influenced by anyone.
Nathan TuckerGUEST
I don't think it's possible to improve on...
Nathan TuckerGUEST
Not even Gwen Stefani can improve on Mark Hollis' voice, in my opinion.
Nathan TuckerGUEST
But, you know, what are you going to do? Gwen fans, sound off in the comments.
Nathan TuckerGUEST
Yeah, no, come at me.
Kyle RosseHOST
Yeah.
Kyle RosseHOST
Yeah.
Nathan TuckerGUEST
And they're like, you know, you read interviews with Mark Hollis and he's like, we're keeping, you know, they like a lot of times they're like keeping mistakes.
Nathan TuckerGUEST
They're keeping, you know,
Andrew WebberGUEST
Often seasons are referenced in the titles and things like that.
Andrew WebberGUEST
it's really incongruous it's a bit we talked about the book about Talk Talk recently and said that that was written by Graham Thompson the four seasons of Talk Talk in another world and we said that Mark Hollis was a very sort of not from the little we know about him, apart from those people who knew him, doesn't seem to be very similar to the art that he produced.
Andrew WebberGUEST
I suspect Vinnie Riley's similar, that there's a sort of slightly incongruous that this music comes out of this guy.
Andrew WebberGUEST
However, when I've seen him and, you know, the concerts have been absolutely magnificent.
Steven HillHOST
And this period sort of coincides with my mum passing away, the pandemic, and lots of sort of, again, personal upheaval.
Steven HillHOST
And I think I can genuinely say that from the way I was feeling at that point, to discover this artist who had split up, you know, Mark Hollis died probably like two months after I even fully went in on their entire back catalog.
Steven HillHOST
But to discover this back catalog that started in the early '80s and went through to the early '90s, and then they just went away completely and changed so much from like a synth pop band into a pop band with musical instruments and a few little bit of creative, you know, accoutrement leanings into this quite avant-garde jazzy thing, into this completely unique, uh, unbelievably influential like kind of post-rock inventing tinder that sparked this whole new genre, uh, all of which every single one of those bands are no, nowhere near as good as Talk Talk.
Steven HillHOST
Um, I thought that was kinda crazy to discover that at the age of like 38.
Steven HillHOST
And then with all this stuff happening in the world [chuckles], uh, Mark Hollis just really, really spoke to me in a way that I don't really think anyone has ever properly spoken to me with their music before.
Steven HillHOST
And the beauty of a band who are so complex and yet so simple I think is the thing that I, I really, really appreciate.
Steven HillHOST
Mark Hollis says things like, "Life is what you make it." Um, he says things like, you know, "I believe in you," and he says things like, "Happiness is easy." And those are really, really easy, simple things to say.
Steven HillHOST
But in the mouth of someone who truly means them, who truly means them, and the way that that guy carried himself throughout his career, I find incredibly inspiring and influential, and it means that I believe him.
Jack MillsGUEST
If you were to kind of shine a light in anyone's eye, any editor's eye, ultimately they, they wanna make a magazine that's gonna last.
Jack MillsGUEST
You know, there's that famous -- I don't know whether you know the band Talk Talk, like the Mark Hollis-
Jeff NosinovHOST
No
Jack MillsGUEST
... band.
Matthew WoodallHOST
they've sort of like...
Andrew WebberGUEST
Out of respect, perhaps, for Mark Hollis, who sadly passed on quite a few years ago now.
Andrew WebberGUEST
But also because, you know, the past is the past.
Andrew WebberGUEST
The past is another country.
Andrew WebberGUEST
And I assume she's also part of that.
Andrew WebberGUEST
Well, I don't want to.
Andrew WebberGUEST
And also, you do get the impression with Mark Hollis, especially from this book, that... there's a big difference between him, the person, and the art that he produced.
Andrew WebberGUEST
There's a real disconnect.