More Blisters

Last November I shared ...smile’s OK from Ivo Watts-Russell continuation project following This Mortal Coil, The Hope Blister.

Here's a double CD set from 4AD, Underarms & Sideways. Underarms originally was released on limited edition CD in 1999. It was reissued in 2005 along with the companion piece Sideways made up of seven parts labeled "Sideways One" thru "Seven" additionally titled ("Extracted from"...one each of the seven tracks on Underarms), extracted by Marcus Guenter. This 2xCD set contains both parts. 

 

The Hope Blister - Underarms & Sideways, 4AD Cad 2517 CD, 2006.
decryption codes in comments

Underarms CD -   
Sweet Medicine   
Friday Afternoon   
Iota   
Dagger Strings   
White on White   
Sweet Medicine 2   
Happiness Strings
       
Sideways CD -   
Sideways One (extracted from Sweet Medicine)
Sideways Two (extracted from Friday Afternoon)
Sideways Three (extracted from Iota)
Sideways Four (extracted from Dagger Strings)
Sideways Five (extracted from White on White)
Sideways Six (extracted from Sweet Medicine 2)
Sideways Seven (extracted from Happiness Strings)
          all extracted by Markus Guentner

Enjoy,
NØ

Hope Blisters Eternal

Dear friend of NSS Diego from down Tierra del Fuego way is always leaving insightful comments & fantastic links to music he knows will go over well here. On an August post of some live jams by the band Spirit he mentioned that he got acquainted with Spirit through a cover of "Natures Way" by This Mortal Coil. 

 

We discoursed about the incredible 4AD music label & its head honcho Ivo Watts-Russell, & his involvement in TMC. 

 

Apropos to TMC's Spirit cover & Ivo, I am sharing The Hope Blister as a shout-out to Diego. The Hope Blister was basically a continuation of the concept of This Mortal Coil. They focused on (so-called) cover versions so this seems to be the logical next step.

The Hope Blister - ...smiles OK, 4AD, 1998.
decryption code in comment

Dagger (Slowdive cover)
Only Human (Heidi Berry cover)
The Outer Skin (Chris Knox cover)
Sweet Unknown (Cranes cover)
Let the Happiness In (David Sylvain cover)
Is Jesus Your Pal (Slowblow/GusGus cover)
Spider & I (Brian Eno cover)
Hanky Panky Nohow (John Cale cover)

Enjoy,
NØ