Various - Bills & Aches & Blues (40 Years of 4AD)In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is commemorating that landmark this year with the release of Bills & Aches & Blues. The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4ADs past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD, 41 years after its inception. Bills & Aches & Blues will be released on double LP and double CD on 23rd July. The

In the years since it’s release

Our classic Talulah Gosh compilation album

The ten tracks that feature on How Did We Get So Dark

Series: New York Noise – Vol

circa the end of the decade horribalis that was the 1980s (just kidding - the 90s were far worse

it's their most direct album yet and follows a well-documented trajectory of evolution that began (in the truest sense) with 2011’s RRR for Riot Season and continued across three albums for Rocket Recordings

and Rich Millman ( guitar/synth)

Hubert Laws

The album is considered the band's strongest effort of the period and is one of the most influential heavy metal albums

and the next generation of this great lineage

" and the performances are natural

without the celebratory atmosphere of Massey Hall