How Did You Come Up With the Idea of the Laughing Stock Record?

When i went into the studio, i gathered together musicians to play the instruments that you hear on the record. And how i liked to work, well, how i worked with this record was i wanted to follow the route of talk talk on their laughing stock record. Didn't marquis smith used to do a similar thing with the fall? Yes, i wouldn't be surprised watching live foot of him tweaking amps as they're playing live as a ha ha. I've a feeling hit probably does something similar in tho studio.