This Mortal Coil

From Massive Attack and This Mortal Coil, to songs in Elvish and Aretha Franklin covers, here are a dozen songs not by the Cocteau Twins that make use of Elizabeth Fraser's unforgettable voice.

The Apartments' seventh album, In and Out of the Light, will be out September 17.

The playlist includes Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Kanye West, Ramones, Patti Smith, Nirvana, Joy Division, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Massive Attack, and more, and Bono is also publishing an open letter to each artist...

With his design studios 23 Envelope and v23, Vaughn Oliver created some of the most iconic album art of the 1980s, including records for Cocteau Twins, Pixies, This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, The Wolfgang Press, and more.

This week in Indie Basement: new reissues from Stereolab and Breathless, plus reviews of new album by Woolen Men and Andrew Anderson (Proto Idiot), and International Teachers of Pop team with Sleaford Mods.

The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices are back, thanks to Prophecy Recordings, Lisa Gerrard and others, and in the same year as a new Dead Can Dance album and those (delayed) This Mortal Coil reissues, not to mention many more classic 4AD related happenings...

Dead Can Dance have announced details of their new album which is titled Dionysus and will be out November 2. It's their first since 2012's Anastasis.

This Mortal Coil's three highly influential records -- 1984's ’It'll End in Tears,’ 1986's ’Filigree & Shadow,’ and 1991's ’Blood’ -- have been out of print, physically, for years but are all getting deluxe reissues by 4AD in Oct…

Scottish musician Gordon Sharp has led goth/experimental group Cindytalk in various forms since 1982. In addition to Cindytalk records like 1988's In This World and 2011's Hold Everything Dear, Sharp may be better known for vocal contributions to iconic 4AD project This Mortal Coil...

Sad news to report: Caroline Crawley, who was one half of baroque pop duo Shelleyan Orphan, and part of This Mortal Coil, has died after a long illness, as posted on the group's Facebook....