This Mortal Coil fue un proyecto de Ivo Watts-Russell, presidente de la compañía discográfica ing
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
Every so often, an album comes along that is impossible to liken with anything else. Two Dancers, th
One of the loveliest love songs ever, "Song to the Siren", from This Mortal Coil featuring one of my
The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir et al - 'Polegnala E Todora' ('Love Ch

This Mortal Coil was a musical dream pop project of Ivo Watts-Russell,
founder of the British 4AD Records label. The project brought together key
4AD artists, as well as others not signed to the label, under an umbrella
name. Among others, This Mortal Coil featured contributions from Howard
Devoto, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance and, pivotally, Cocteau Twins. Between
1983 and 1991 This Mortal Coil released three albums?It'll End in Tears,
Filigree & Shadow, and Blood?each of which consists largely of atmospheric
interpretations of songs by 1970s artists such as Alex Chilton, Chris Bell,
Roy Harper, Gene Clark, and Tim Buckley.
Two tracks from the first album, It'll End In Tears, feature vocals by
Elizabeth Fraser of the Scottish group Cocteau Twins, who also recorded for
4AD. The more well-known of these is the ethereal cover of Tim Buckley's
"Song to the Siren", which created considerable renewed interest in Buckle
It'll End in Tears
Filigree & Shadow
Blood
It'll End in Tears
It'll End in Tears
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