Ten Favorite 4AD Records
(Another of the labels I trusted when I was in high school and began discovering music that fell outside the parameters of American top-forty radio. The releases below are listed in chronological order.)
It’ll End in Tears by This Mortal Coil (1984)
Treasure by Cocteau Twins (1984)
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares by Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (1986)
Aion by Dead Can Dance (1990)
Hips and Makers by Kristin Hersh (1994)
IBM 1401, A User’s Manual by Jóhann Jóhannsson (2006)
Whokill by Tune-Yards (2011)
Shrines by Purity Ring (2012)
Singles by Future Islands (2014)
Platform by Holly Herndon (2015)
— October 9, 2020