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Cocteau Twins, Violaine
(Milk & Kisses, 1995)

4AD week part 10, the final installment — and appropriately, the final Cocteau Twins single. For the final final (and ultimate) Cocteau Twins song, come this way.

Blonde Redhead, Anticipation
(Misery Is a Butterfly, 2004)

“Anticipate and evaluate what he thought and what I thought before. Maybe it didn’t happen, maybe all of this would go away.”

4AD week part 9, second to last song — the party’s almost over now.

Dead Can Dance, The Cardinal Sin
(Spleen and Ideal, 1986)

“The cause of your desire can also lead to your demise.”

4AD week part 8.

Scott Walker, Cue / Hand Me Ups
(The Drift, 2006)

“Stars led to sky, toe led to thigh, tumor to breast, then stopped. What you can’t see is her tiny mouth squealing and shrieking with laughter, dispensing with each little toe, each little finger. The audience is waiting.”

4AD week part 7: the aural equivalent of Pasolini’s Salò. More Scott Walker.

A.R. Kane, Lollita
(Lollita, 1987)

4AD week part 6, where we find A.R. Kane on their only 4AD release, having an unholy hallucinatory threeway with Cocteau Twins and Lee Perry. Just a couple of months later, these guys released this little thing as M/A/R/R/S, and the world was never quite the same again.

The Birthday Party, Sonny’s Burning
(The Bad Seed, 1983)

4AD week part 5, in which we find Nick Cave going “HANDS UP WHO WANTS TO DIE!” and then foaming at the mouth for three minutes. Classic.

Throwing Muses, Fish
(Lonely Is an Eyesore, 1987)

“I have a fish nailed to a cross on my apartment wall, it sings to me with glassy eyes and quotes from Kafka. I have a man, it follows my hips with his hands. I’m laughing at a man, it follows my lips with his melting eyes.”

4AD week part 4.

This Mortal Coil, You and Your Sister
(Blood, 1991)

“Your sister says that I’m no good. I’d reassure her if I could.”

Cocteau Twins, Suckling the Mender
(Blue Bell Knoll, 1988)

I’m going to a place where mornings sound like this.