I’ve been listening to Dead Can Dance since the release of their eponymous debut album on 4AD in 1984. At…
The Wolfgang Press – ‘Queer’ (4AD/Time Warner, 1991/1992)
In 1991, I graduated high school, started college, and kissed a boy for the first time. It was also the…
Unwed Sailor – ‘The Faithful Anchor’ (Lovesick Recordings, 2001)
“When someone hears Unwed Sailor, I want them to be able to reflect in their mind…To reflect on things they’ve…
Robin Saville & Oliver Cherer – ‘Sizewell’ (Modern Aviation, 2019)
‘Sizewell,’ a topographical multi-media project inspired by the imposing nuclear power stations on England’s Suffolk coast, finds ISAN’s Robin Saville…
Heavenly Bodies – ‘Celestial’ (Third Mind Records/C’est La Mort, 1987)
On paper, it’s a no brainer for fans of the kind of brooding ethereality of which 4AD Records were most…
Spoonfed Hybrid – ‘Spoonfed Hybrid’ (Guernica, 1993)
Sources/more info : Chris Trout quote from this excellent, in-depth, track by track interview with Trev Elkin (all you ever…
My albums of 2019
Pacific – ‘Inference’ (Creation Records, 1990)
In every race, the also-ran, in every play, the understudy, at every festival, a bottom of the bill. And so…
Insides – ‘Euphoria’ (Guernica, 1993)
Insides, a couple (in the romantic sense) and duo (in the musical one), consisting of Kirsty Yates and Julian Tardo,…
