Starbucks and Spirit of Eden?

I'm sitting in a Starbucks waiting for a doctor appointment. When I   first walked in the music playing was instantly familiar and soon I was in the soothing and instantly recognizable intro to Desire by Talk Talk from the eclectic album Spirit of Eden.

Spirit of Eden at Starbucks? Spirit of Eden has been in my top ten for a long time. It's one of those albums that has a rich history, which you can read about here. An interesting opinion in the Wikipedia article:

Music historian Piero Scaruffi believes that with Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk "invented a new form of music, one in which a complex atmosphere is created out of slow, inorganic, inarticulate streams of simple sounds. The six lengthy, free-form, brooding and cataleptic ruminations . . . pioneered 'slo-core'."^[28] Numerous bands and artists, ranging from Catherine Wheel to Sarah McLachlan, have praised Spirit of Eden or have cited it as an influence in their own music.^[29]

Most people I know have never heard of Talk Talk, much less Spirit of Eden. It's strange to hear it at such a mainstream place as Starbucks.

If you want to read more about music, my friend Chad has begun a new venture at Seeglow Music. Check it out.