This Mortal Coil - You And Your Sister

This Mortal Coil was a supergroup project founded by Ivo Watts-Russell, president of record company 4AD. It was active from 1983 to 1991. This song, "You And Your Sister", is from their last album, Blood. Originally released by Chris Bell in 1978, this cover features two familiar names from the 90s: Kim Deal, probably best known for her work with the Pixies, and Tanya Donelly, probably best known for her role in the Breeders.

Hammock - All Is Dream and Everything Is Real [post-rock]

I got Hammock's Departure Songs pretty much around the time it came out. It's a big album: 19 songs over 2 CDs. It's definitely a continuation of their ambient post-rock style. Don't have much to add though; sometimes, I just listen to the stuff without vapidly babbling, seriously.

This is "All Is Dream and Everything Is Real".

Sigur Rós - Starálfur

Lately, it seems I've been going back through my already bloated collection more than trying to find newer music. Sigur Rós's Ágætis byrjun has been playing a lot in my car. Not the whole album, mostly just "Starálfur", "Viðrar Vel Til Loftárasa", and "Ágætis byrjun". It's always surprising when I remember that this album was released back in 1999, though I didn't get a copy myself until probably 2007.

I was sprawled across the backseat of my car late last night. Just outside the window were the pale stars all in their familiar arrangements. Starálfur was playing and it was just so fitting. The first two lyrical lines are translated as "Blue night over the sky; Blue night over me". Whenever I hear those lyrics, I'm immediately reminded of the great wide sky that encapsulates all of us as well as the infinite cosmos that lay just beyond that. Always a welcome reminder since I'm so anxious all the time (says a friend that I hadn't seen for years; and here I was thinking my anxiety was only particularly noticeable in the past year or so).

Anyway, here's the album version of Starálfur. I swear I've written a long-winded post about this already. I guess it was probably for the other blog.

The Radio Dept. - What Will Give [indie pop]

Oh, hello there, old friend. How have you been? My life has been... well, I don't know. It's very much the same as it was in direction but I guess there've been a few notable events since the last time I've posted.

I've shared music by Swedish pop band The Radio Dept. before. It was probably "Heaven's On Fire", but I can't be bothered to take a few seconds to check my old entries. I listened to their 2006 album Pet Grief many moons ago (maybe a year ago). I guess it didn't leave much of an impression on me since I just promptly shelved it afterwards. Well, after giving it a relisten recently, that decision seems to make no sense at all; the album is great.

This is "What Will Give" from Pet Grief.