This Mortal Coil

I recently listened to the album 'It'll End in Tears' and is already one of my favorites. It is, in simple words, ethereal majesty.

Almost all of the songs deserve a close listen,
that will give the ear a delicate and mystical experience.


I can't wait to listen to more of this 80s band.



Favorite Songs:
This Mortal Coil – Song to the Siren
Kangaroo
A Single Wish
The Last Ray


It'll End in Tears (1984)
The debut release by this superstar-Goth outfit shined (and still does) in all its glorious misery and despair. Just how can it be so beautiful? the listener wonders. For one thing, when the project is conceptualized by 4AD Records brain-man Ivo Watts-Russell and includes artists from groundbreaking U.K. bands such as Cocteau Twins, Magazine, and Dead Can Dance, and when a chunk of the material is from musical heavyweights such as Tim Buckley (the haunting "Song to the Siren"), Alex Chilton of Big Star (the devastating "Holocaust" and the heartbreakingly lovely "Kangaroo"), and Colin Newman of Wire (the rockin' "Not Me"), you're bound to come up with something that will be remembered and revered by old-school Goths everywhere. This is lush, hypnotic, astonishingly beautiful. --Lorry Fleming




This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo (1984)