#4ad — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #4ad, aggregated by home.social.
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Been dwelling on the selling of all my vinyl over 20 years ago. Only two records that I fully regret parting with… Lonely Is An Eyesore was one.
Big ups to Ivo. Compilations, in my experience, do not generally seize the hearts and minds of fans like this one did. As relevant today as ever. #4AD
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If you're into #4AD or #SoloRPG in general, I really recommend the #luckyszilvi YouTube channel. She produces quality content in a laidback style. And especially in the #TTRPG space, I think it's extra important to support non-male creators. We certainly have enough middle-aged white men around (such as myself).
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If you're into #4AD or #SoloRPG in general, I really recommend the #luckyszilvi YouTube channel. She produces quality content in a laidback style. And especially in the #TTRPG space, I think it's extra important to support non-male creators. We certainly have enough middle-aged white men around (such as myself).
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M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume
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M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume
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🏴 Cocteau Twins "Sunburst and Snowblind" – 1983
A beautiful and dreamlike EP that captures Cocteau Twins at a pivotal moment in their evolution. Elizabeth Fraser’s voice floats above the music as an instrument in itself, weaving emotion and atmosphere rather than conventional narratives...
#cocteautwins #dreampop #etherealwave #4ad #postpunk #gothicrock #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening
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🏴 Cocteau Twins "Sunburst and Snowblind" – 1983
A beautiful and dreamlike EP that captures Cocteau Twins at a pivotal moment in their evolution. Elizabeth Fraser’s voice floats above the music as an instrument in itself, weaving emotion and atmosphere rather than conventional narratives...
#cocteautwins #dreampop #etherealwave #4ad #postpunk #gothicrock #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening
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You know what's a good album?
"A 2nd Shape", by The Wolfgang Press.
That's a good album.
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You know what's a good album?
"A 2nd Shape", by The Wolfgang Press.
That's a good album.
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4AD and FULL KIT Announce World Cup Merch Collab Featuring Cocteau Twins, Scott Walker, Colourbox, and Air Miami!
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4AD and FULL KIT Announce World Cup Merch Collab Featuring Cocteau Twins, Scott Walker, Colourbox, and Air Miami!
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Gerade gelesen, dass Modern English in diesem Jahr Konzerte spielen wird.
Da muss ich doch glatt mal wieder ihr Debutalbum "Mesh & Lace" von 1981 auf 4AD hören:
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Gerade gelesen, dass Modern English in diesem Jahr Konzerte spielen wird.
Da muss ich doch glatt mal wieder ihr Debutalbum "Mesh & Lace" von 1981 auf 4AD hören:
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M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume
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Happy #birthday Miki Berenyi (1967).
Lush - Sweetness and light (1990)
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Happy #birthday Miki Berenyi (1967).
Lush - Sweetness and light (1990)
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Kansas #Kansas
Who shot him in the back, peacetime
Who took him by surprise, tippy toes
You can't bury that door 3 times, hide my eyes 4 timesI'm gonna sink my teeth into Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, KansasI reach a higher plain when I speak so slow and hardly breath
They're gonna run out of shapes when they fetch my family
I, I must confess I'm gonna see that man again
I'm gonna turn back the clock and set the foot in KansasI'm gonna Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, KansasI'm gonna shoot him by the clock, peace time
I'm gonna shoot him in the legs, peace time
You're gonna bury that door, meantime
You're gonna pick him off the floor, 3 timesI, I, I'm a man and I, I, I'm alive
I I must confess I'm gonna carry that man
I'm gonna shake him by the hand
I'm gonna sleep in foreign landsI'm gonna turn back the clock
I'm gonna Kansas in the spring
I'm gonna Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas(quango-note: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
warning: video has flickering lights
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Kansas #Kansas
Who shot him in the back, peacetime
Who took him by surprise, tippy toes
You can't bury that door 3 times, hide my eyes 4 timesI'm gonna sink my teeth into Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, KansasI reach a higher plain when I speak so slow and hardly breath
They're gonna run out of shapes when they fetch my family
I, I must confess I'm gonna see that man again
I'm gonna turn back the clock and set the foot in KansasI'm gonna Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, KansasI'm gonna shoot him by the clock, peace time
I'm gonna shoot him in the legs, peace time
You're gonna bury that door, meantime
You're gonna pick him off the floor, 3 timesI, I, I'm a man and I, I, I'm alive
I I must confess I'm gonna carry that man
I'm gonna shake him by the hand
I'm gonna sleep in foreign landsI'm gonna turn back the clock
I'm gonna Kansas in the spring
I'm gonna Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas(quango-note: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
warning: video has flickering lights
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4AD to Release Xmal Deutschland’s Complete Peel Sessions on Silver Vinyl for Record Store Day
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4AD to Release Xmal Deutschland’s Complete Peel Sessions on Silver Vinyl for Record Store Day
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M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume
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Only 3 tracks are available for first time listeners on #Bandcamp unfortunately, therefore I will also link the #YouTube album here below, so you can hear it in all its glorious entirety (with the right ad-blockers or membership of course).
If I remember correctly I think The King's astonishing album art caught my eye via a #4AD tweet. It's labelled as #indie #alternative #folk, but to me it sounds like #ModernClassical #Minimalism because I hear #PhilipGlass influences.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mcfu-VpVLMvKm69LX9RWgg0OaqrCMigJY -
Only 3 tracks are available for first time listeners on #Bandcamp unfortunately, therefore I will also link the #YouTube album here below, so you can hear it in all its glorious entirety (with the right ad-blockers or membership of course).
If I remember correctly I think The King's astonishing album art caught my eye via a #4AD tweet. It's labelled as #indie #alternative #folk, but to me it sounds like #ModernClassical #Minimalism because I hear #PhilipGlass influences.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mcfu-VpVLMvKm69LX9RWgg0OaqrCMigJY -
did i just find the most #goth #littlefreelibrary item ever?
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did i just find the most #goth #littlefreelibrary item ever?
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Lush – Gala still feels very summery to me, the staring at the sun splintering of "Sweetness And Light" -- that over driven roar that just erupts, released on a daisy-chain sparkle, something the sun-kissed cursives of "Sunbathing" heightens, scuttered in stormy subtleties. The bright-eyed bleed and steady kick of "Breeze" dipping gorgon-headed into a saturated sea of effects gorgeousness, tightly wound round some wickedly catchy refrains. #4ad #lush #musicreview https://freq.org.uk/reviews/lush-gala/
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Dry Cleaning's "Cruise Ship Designer" from upcoming album "Secret Love" tells the story of someone who designs cruise ships but doesn't believe the work matters. Produced by Cate Le Bon. Album drops January 9 on 4AD.
#DryCleaning #BestNewMusic2025 #Week46 #4AD
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Cocteau Twins lost webcast 22nd May 1996 remastered
Wow.
One of the greatest bands of all time.
This is fantastic.
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Samedi, shop open jusqu'à 18h. #pixies #doolittle #4ad #vinyl #transatrecordshop #confortmoderne ##poitiers
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Samedi, shop open jusqu'à 18h. #pixies #doolittle #4ad #vinyl #transatrecordshop #confortmoderne ##poitiers
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Modern English, Mesh & Lace, 1981 on 4AD
Debut album from Modern English on the 4AD label. This wasn’t released in the US formally until the 2012 CD reissue and then 2016 on vinyl.
The debut is a bit darker and more derivative of Joy Division than some of the later work but still a really strong collection of songs.
I always loved the lyric from “I Melt With You”: “never realizing it was always mesh & lace” but didn’t recognize at the time it was something of a reference to their debut.
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5—is a UK pressing by WEA in West Drayton, with the original inner sleeve.
#1980s #1981 #4AD #LowellMA #MillNo5 #ModernEnglish #UK #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WEAWestDrayton
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Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD
Yes, I did save this one for halloween. This was a compilation EP of the singles versions of “Dark Entries,” “Telegram Sam,” and “Terror Couple Kill Colonel.” Love that back cover photo.
I was today years old when I realized that John Cale wrote “Rosegarden Funeral of Sores,” the opening triplet of which is burned into my adolescent brain so much it still comes up whenever I am tired of dealing with people:
Virgin Mary was tired so tired / Tired of listening to gossip / Gossip and complaints
My copy—via a record fair at Mill No. 5 in Lowell MA—is a UK pressing with a white b-side label, pressed by Damont. I don’t believe this was ever issued in the US.
#1980s #1983 #4AD #Bauhaus #DanielAsh #DavidJay #Goth #JohnCale #KevinHaskins #LowellMA #MillNo5 #PeterMurphy #UK #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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U.S. Girls release two versions of "Running Errands" marking 10 years with 4AD. "Yesterday" uses samples, "Today" features Nashville band with Jack Lawrence. Both interpolate Annette Snell's soul track. European tour starts Oct 26. #USGirls #BestNewMusic2025 #Week43 #4AD
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Lush’s ‘Gala’ Set for 35th Anniversary Reissue
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Self-Titled Summer | Throwing Muses (1986, US)
Our next spotlight on a Fedi-recommended self-titled album is on number 771 on The List, submitted by puffer. This alt rock/post-punk group originated in Rhode Island as a high school band formed by sisters Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly. Fast forward a few years and line-up changes later, Throwing Muses became the first American band signed to British label 4AD, signed on the strength of their 1985 demo tape. The album we look at here is their (technically untitled) brilliant debut studio album. Following this album, Throwing Muses would become quite intertwined with (and, in a way, partially responsible for) the Pixies, though I'm sure you know a Pixies fan or two who doesn't know them. Continuing as a trio sans Donelly since 1992, the band has kept releasing albums and touring in-between Hersch's solo work. Earlier this year, Throwing Muses released their 11th studio album, Moonlight Concessions, and have an Australia/New Zealand tour coming up in December.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog (now in full-screen width! 🤓): https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/09/21/self-titled-summer-throwing-muses-1986-us/Want to skip straight to the music? Here's an Internet Archive link: https://archive.org/details/0577_throwing_muses_throwing_muses_1986__mlib
Happy listening!
#ThrowingMuses #KristinHersh #TanyaDonelly #AltRock #PostPunk #4AD #1980s #selftitled #music #1001OtherAlbums
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Self-Titled Summer | Throwing Muses (1986, US)
Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 771 on The List, submitted by @puffer. Here’s a quick rundown:
- Point of origin(s): This group originated in 1981 as a Rhode Island high school band called “Kristin Hersh and the Muses”, with said Kristin Hersh and her half-sister Tanya Donelly both on vocals and guitars, plus bassist Elaine Adamedes and drummer Becca Blumen. David Narcizo then took over the drum kit (sans cymbals) when Blumen left, and, in 1984, the group self-released their debut EP under the name Throwing Muses. Adamedes then left and Leslie Langston joined. In 1985, the Muses released an untitled demo that led to them being the first American band signed to British label 4AD. Their (technically not self-titled but untitled) debut LP is the album we look at here, which features reworkings of 6 of the 10 demo tracks (and was produced by Gil Norton, who would later produce 3 of the 5 good [i.e., Kim Deal] Pixies albums, and at least a handful of other albums you probably know). All songs were written by Hersh except for “Green”, which was written by Donelly.
- Tasting notes: Raw alt rock/post-punk, moments of Jello Biafra-/”Rock Lobster”-ish vocals, no-holds-barred debut
- Standout track: “Call Me”, “Green”, “Hate My Way”, “Vicky’s Box”
- Where are they now?: After 2 more EPs and 2 more studio albums, the Muses lineup started to change. First Langston left in 1990 and was replaced by Fred Abong, and then, after the release of their 4th studio album in 1991, Donelly and Abong left (Donelly had co-formed The Breeders with Kim Deal in 1989, and then left both bands at this time to start Belly, who Abong joined). Bernard Georges stepped in on bass, and the group continued as a trio for a few years/albums until 1997, when Hersh went to further pursue her solo work (her debut Hips and Makers, was released in 1994 between Muses albums). The group reformed around 2002 and have since put out another handful of albums. Their 11th studio album, Moonlight Concessions, was released just this March, and they have an Australia/New Zealand tour for it coming up in December.
- Side note/Spoilers (seeing as we haven’t yet got to this band that’s also on The List): Throwing Muses is partially responsible for the Pixies, as Pixies were first noticed by Gary Smith – producer of Throwing Muses’ demo and later House Tornado (1988) and Hunkpapa (1989) – while playing as the opener for a Muses show (in 1986?). Smith produced the Pixies’ demo (recorded in 1987), and they were then also signed to 4AD because of the Muses connection. Smith then also produced Pixies’ debut, Come On Pilgrim (1987), and the band was the opener for the Muses’ (1988?) tour of House Tornado. The more you know…
- Websites: Bandcamp, Kristin Hersch’s website, Wikipedia
Happy listening!
- There doesn’t seem to be a legit link to this album for some reason, so:
- Discogs: Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
#1980s #4AD #altRock #KristinHersh #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #postPunk #TanyaDonelly #ThrowingMuses
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Self-Titled Summer | Throwing Muses (1986, US)
Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 771 on The List, submitted by @puffer. Here’s a quick rundown:
- Point of origin(s): This group originated in 1981 as a Rhode Island high school band called “Kristin Hersh and the Muses”, with said Kristin Hersh and her half-sister Tanya Donelly both on vocals and guitars, plus bassist Elaine Adamedes and drummer Becca Blumen. David Narcizo then took over the drum kit (sans cymbals) when Blumen left, and, in 1984, the group self-released their debut EP under the name Throwing Muses. Adamedes then left and Leslie Langston joined. In 1985, the Muses released an untitled demo that led to them being the first American band signed to British label 4AD. Their (technically not self-titled but untitled) debut LP is the album we look at here, which features reworkings of 6 of the 10 demo tracks (and was produced by Gil Norton, who would later produce 3 of the 5 good [i.e., Kim Deal] Pixies albums, and at least a handful of other albums you probably know). All songs were written by Hersh except for “Green”, which was written by Donelly.
- Tasting notes: Raw alt rock/post-punk, moments of Jello Biafra-/”Rock Lobster”-ish vocals, no-holds-barred debut
- Standout track: “Call Me”, “Green”, “Hate My Way”, “Vicky’s Box”
- Where are they now?: After 2 more EPs and 2 more studio albums, the Muses lineup started to change. First Langston left in 1990 and was replaced by Fred Abong, and then, after the release of their 4th studio album in 1991, Donelly and Abong left (Donelly had co-formed The Breeders with Kim Deal in 1989, and then left both bands at this time to start Belly, who Abong joined). Bernard Georges stepped in on bass, and the group continued as a trio for a few years/albums until 1997, when Hersh went to further pursue her solo work (her debut Hips and Makers, was released in 1994 between Muses albums). The group reformed around 2002 and have since put out another handful of albums. Their 11th studio album, Moonlight Concessions, was released just this March, and they have an Australia/New Zealand tour for it coming up in December.
- Side note/Spoilers (seeing as we haven’t yet got to this band that’s also on The List): Throwing Muses is partially responsible for the Pixies, as Pixies were first noticed by Gary Smith – producer of Throwing Muses’ demo and later House Tornado (1988) and Hunkpapa (1989) – while playing as the opener for a Muses show (in 1986?). Smith produced the Pixies’ demo (recorded in 1987), and they were then also signed to 4AD because of the Muses connection. Smith then also produced Pixies’ debut, Come On Pilgrim (1987), and the band was the opener for the Muses’ (1988?) tour of House Tornado. The more you know…
- Websites: Bandcamp, Kristin Hersch’s website, Wikipedia
Happy listening!
- There doesn’t seem to be a legit link to this album for some reason, so:
- Discogs: Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
#1980s #4AD #altRock #KristenHersh #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #postPunk #TanyaDonelly #ThrowingMuses
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🏴 Cocteau Twins "Aikea-Guinea" – 1985
Shimmering dreamscapes where Elizabeth Fraser’s voice floats like an instrument of its own. Guitars drenched in reverb and abstract textures create an atmosphere both intimate and otherworldly...
#dreampop #ethereal #4ad #postpunk #shoegaze #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening
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Recensie: Big Thief – Double Infinity ★★★★
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Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD
Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali’s Car) are among my favorite musical lineages.
They’d released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which itself was new in 1980 under the Beggars Banquet umbrella.
The cover is a photograph called Homage to Purvis de Chavannes by American photographer Duane Michals – hopefully it doesn’t get my account flagged as naughty.
My copy – as so many in the last few weeks via Slipped Disc at a Mill No 5 record fair – is a 2013 reissue.
#1980 #1980s #4AD #Bauhaus #DanielAsh #DavidJay #Goth #KevinHaskins #LowellMA #MillNo5 #PeterMurphy #SlippedDisc #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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This morning's #workout #music is from Daughter with a film of their studio session at Middle Farm Studios - very much in line with their predecessors on this label.
#ChamberPop #SlowCore #WomenInMusic #pop #shoegaze #KettleBells #Calisthenics #MobilityTraining #4AD
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This morning's #workout #music is from Daughter with a film of their studio session at Middle Farm Studios - very much in line with their predecessors on this label.
#ChamberPop #SlowCore #WomenInMusic #pop #shoegaze #KettleBells #Calisthenics #MobilityTraining #4AD
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Listening to His Name Is Alive who may have the best music video ever made
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Listening to His Name Is Alive who may have the best music video ever made
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Un moyen comme un autre de garder une température fraîche. #cocteautwins #garlands #4ad #vinyl #transatrecordshop #confortmoderne #poitiers
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When it comes to #SoloRPG play, it seems most people either play dedicated solo games like #IronSworn or #4AD, or they're playing some rules-light yet traditional #TTRPG like some #OSR variant.
Meanwhile, I'm over here playing #PathFinder2e solo. Granted, I only play with one PC. If I had a full party, I'd probably go with something lighter. I do enjoy the occasional #FourAgainstDarkness game.