"Soul Mining" was the first full-length album released by Matt Johnson as The The, following a few singles under that name and "Burning Blue Soul", which was credited to Matt Johnson rather than The The due to to legal reasons. "Burning Blue Soul", a murky industrial/post-punk album, was released on 4AD and produced by Wire's B.C. Gilbert and Graham Lewis, and was finally reissued in 1993 with different artwork under the moniker of The The. Johnson moved away from his grating lo-fi industrial towards a polished art-pop sound for "Soul Mining", a transitional record that marks his most brilliant work to date. The best new wave had its roots in post-punk and industrial, and Matt Johnson is proof that the integrity of his lyrical concepts and musicianship need not be compromised by strong hooks and glossy production.
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