This Mortal Coil
Dust & Guitars
Track Listing
1. Sixteen Days / Gathering Dust 9:10 2. Song To The Siren 3:32 3. Sixteen Days (Reprise) 4:13 4. Kangaroo 3:30 5. It'll End In Tears 2:50 6. Come Here My Love 3:34 7. Drugs 3:14 8. Acid, Bitter & Sad 5:30 9. We Never Danced 3:53 10. Thaïs (Bird Of Paradise) 4:44Historical Archive
Dust & Guitars is the debut album by This Mortal Coil, released in 1984. The album is a collection of covers of songs by various artists, reimagined in a dreamlike, ethereal style that blends post-punk with ambient music. It is characterized by its haunting melodies, lush instrumentation, and the distinctive vocals of guest artists such as Liz Fraser and Robin Guthrie from the Cocteau Twins. The album has been praised for its atmospheric sound and has influenced numerous artists in the genres of dream pop and shoegaze, establishing This Mortal Coil as a significant experimental project of the 1980s.