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If the word "gift" in German slyly relates to a kind of poison, nobody said this music was all sweetness and light. Even if it's radiance resonates, four decades later. Xmal Deutschland's 4AD years were a bold and bewitching boomerang. The magic's back.
Admirers of Adrianne's solo music and Big Thief will find on Bright Future her reliable talent captured in stunning, magnetic clarity. An intensely moving and stunningly optimistic records in a, recorded direct to tape with no overdubs.
It’s a record that effortlessly juxtaposes chopped up electronics and ghostly effects with James’ supersweet voice to create eleven strange but simple pleasures.
Dead Can Dance's second album saw them experiment more with instrumentation, abandoning guitars in favour of cello, trombone and timpani. Widely acclaimed, there was now a richness of unification between voice and music, lyrics and structure.
LOVE THIS GIANT is a collaboration in the truest sense of the word, with Byrne and St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) co-writing ten of the albums twelve tracks, and each artist penning one song individually.
Cocteau Twins' "Victorialand" LP is a timeless masterpiece that showcases the band's unique blend of ethereal, dreamy soundscapes and emotive, otherworldly vocals.
4AD reissues two Cocteau Twins albums on vinyl, following on from the recent reissues of Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas, Tiny Dynamine / Echoes In A Shallow Bay and The Pink Opaque.
With a history of releasing singles between albums, the two EPs of Tiny Dynamine and Echoes In A Shallow Bay were originally released two weeks apart back in November 1985.
Garden of the Arcane Delights came out in 1984 as a bridge between their first two albums. This is a new expanded version with a second disc, bringing in the band's sessions for John Peel, recorded in the same time period.
Deerhunter has a unique sound - but like in a weirdly palatable way. This album has a great mix of conventional vs experimental music, and will make you laugh, cry and pee your pants.
Recorded live (without overdubs) in June 2024 at an architecturally stunning venue named for famed Italian film composer Ennio Morricone, Rome is the definitive live document of The National.
Ships 8/23/24 - The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl for the first time – remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself.
Get ready to experience something truly unique with St. Vincent's "STRANGE MERCY" LP. Annie Clark, known by her stage name St. Vincent, showcases her ability to blend the cerebral and the visceral in her music in this 11-track album.
To date, "Come On Pilgrim" has scanned 147k, "Surfer Rosa" 470k, and "Doolittle" 596k. Look for the band on tour from September through December, and check them out on the cover of Spin's September issue.
'This is the kind of band that makes you wish other bands tried harder.' - Pitchfork 'An absolute and unqualified triumph' -Stereogum 'Mournful, triumphant, heroic' -Complex
This Mortal Coil was the given name of a strictly-studio project that spawned three albums, conceived and produced by one-time 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell.
Over the span of eight years he, along with Blackwing Studios house engineer/ co-producer, John F
