this mortal coil: filigree & shadow

Released two years after their debut album, This Mortal Coil’s Filigree & Shadow (1986) was no less ornate than its predecessor. A double album with no defined breaks between tracks so each of its four sides became a self-contained unit. The core expanded to add Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) and arranger Martin Mc- Carrick, backing (with the help of members of Dif Juz and The Wolfgang Press) a variety of new singers Ivo handpicked including Ali- son Limerick, Dominic Appleton (Breathless), sisters Deirdre and Louise Rutkowski, Caro- line Seaman (Heavenly Bodies) and Richenel. An intense record, The Quietus called it “tortured yet oddly euphoric... (music which) could easily rip flimsy souls apart.” Using remasters made from the original analog studio tapes by the late, great John Dent at Loud Mastering, these reissues will come housed in beautiful, hand finished and high-gloss gatefold sleeves with reimagined artwork by Ivo Watts-Russell and Vaughan Oliver, 4AD’s long-time visual partner.