{"product_id":"this-mortal-coil-it-ll-end-in-tears-vinyl-lp","title":"This Mortal Coil: It’ll End In Tears Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“When I moved to New York in the early 90s,\u003c\/i\u003e all the punk drag queens who’d listened to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=this+mortal+coil\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Mortal Coil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in their teens were lip-synching to those songs in late night clubs...” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Anohni\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnohni\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e quantifies the immeasurable influence of \u003cem\u003eIt'll End In Tears\u003c\/em\u003e, borne in an era when, depending where you lived, you may have felt you were the only person in the world who knew about it. In 1984, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=4AD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e4AD\u003c\/a\u003e label founder \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Ivo+Watts-Russell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIvo Watts-Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e set out to marry the lush dreampop which was coming to define the label with his childhood admiration of 1970s decadence a la \u003cem\u003eDark Side Of The Moon\u003c\/em\u003e and the 60s pop avantgardisms of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Scott+Walker\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTim Buckley\u003c\/strong\u003e. Putting together an ensemble of musicians from 4AD acts (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Cocteau+Twins\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCocteau Twins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Dead+Can+Dance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDead Can Dance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eModern English\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eColourbox\u003c\/strong\u003e) and scene figurehead \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Howard+Devoto\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoward Devoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Buzzcocks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuzzcocks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMagazine\u003c\/strong\u003e), he and producer \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Fryer\u003c\/strong\u003e constructed an epic, cinematic reaction to the cold sexlessness pervading the early 1980s music scene. Initially a cover project, the group eventually recorded some original tunes at the insistence of \u003cstrong\u003eDead Can Dance\u003c\/strong\u003e, who turn in two of the album’s most chilling entries (“Dreams Made Flesh,” “Waves Become Wings”) alongside renditions of lost classics by \u003cstrong\u003eBuckley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Big%20Star\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Big%20Star%22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBig Star\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Harper\u003c\/strong\u003e and veteran 4AD group \u003cstrong\u003eRema-Rema\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Robin+Guthrie\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobin Guthrie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Liz+Fraser\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiz Fraser\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e of the \u003cstrong\u003eCocteaus\u003c\/strong\u003e’ arresting version of “Song To The Siren” is perhaps the most well-known cut here (and for good reason), but don’t sleep on their cover of \u003cstrong\u003eHarper\u003c\/strong\u003e’s “Another Day” either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"faq-quote\"\u003e\"My friends and I all found \u003cem\u003eIt'll End In Tears\u003c\/em\u003e weirdly hopeful and with an air of gentleness, humanity and spirituality that accompanied me through my adolescence. It was taking a risk by being poetic and using piano and cellos as well as lush, ambient Eno-esque sound. I didn’t realize they were cover versions until years later!” - Anohni\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’ll End In Tears\u003c\/em\u003e sees the core tenets of the 4AD aesthetic executed just short of perfection (“Not Me” is the sole weak link), and would serve as the de facto template for ambitious large-ensemble long players by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Massive+Attack\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMassive Attack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Gorillaz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGorillaz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Deluxe 2018 pressing with audio remastered from the original tapes, housed in glossy gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve, recommended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eremastered from the original analog tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehigh-gloss gatefold jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efull color printed inner sleeve w\/ album credits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: 4AD 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by winston wolf 02\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"This Mortal Coil","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":16004309647450,"sku":"lp-10354","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/mortalcoil-itllendintears.jpg?v=1762276394","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/this-mortal-coil-it-ll-end-in-tears-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}