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March 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 928

This Mortal Coil, It’ll End In Tears (1984)
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What is now a cliché but we still (always) seem to say it in a means-well way is this notion of a cover version where the performer makes the song their own – This Mortal Coil isn’t really a band, more a project. But most of the “band’s” material is a set of covers that they have made their own. I like the This Mortal Coil covers because a) they choose great songs and b) I can listen to them and not realise, at first, that it’s a cover – even in the cases where they’re covering songs I know (the original) well. I have had this album for a lot longer than I’ve been actively listening to this album though; I arrived at it – I guess – through 4AD records in general but specifically through a love of the Dead Can Dance material. In recent years I’ve come to play this album more often. It’s pretty special.

Sample Track: Song To The Siren
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