The Wolfgang Press, who were one of the quintessential 4AD bands of the label’s classic ’80s/’90s, have reformed for their first official studio album since 1995’s Funky Little Demons. It’s titled A ...

Mackenzie Scott, the 28-year-old singer-songwriter who performs as Torres, released her third album Three Futures via 4AD in 2017. The esteemed British indie was her dream label: she’d submitted her ...

Then yesterday, another 4AD artist used social media to voice displeasure with the label. This time it was Brooklyn-based songwriter Torres who took to Twitter to unceremoniously announce that she had ...

Long-running Michigan experimental, ethereal group His Name is Alive are getting a 6-LP box set featuring their three excellent early-’90s albums for 4AD. Titled How Ghosts Affect Relationships: ...

The rusted implements of underground torture. The sleeping sirens floating in shallows. The aliens made purely of distended eyeballs. The loveless beds, gelatinous hearts, topless flamenco dancers and ...

When Claire Boucher moved to Montreal from Vancouver to attend McGill University in 2006, she was hoping to study electro-acoustics and the neuroscience of music. The subjects fascinated… By Jon ...

"The aim was to make music with punk’s energy but more finesse and beauty," says Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie in Facing the Other Way: The 4AD Story, Martin Aston’s sprawling and excellent ...

4AD has made key hires to the label management team on both sides of the Atlantic. Alyssa DeBonis and Sophie Hall have been appointed as, respectively, the company’s new US and UK label managers. 4AD ...

Like these groups, the rest of 4AD's roster—from the Cocteau Twins and Pixies to Bon Iver and Ariel Pink—is rich in surprises and wild talent. Says label boss Simon Halliday: "Most quality ...

Future Islands have officially announced their fourth album. The record is called Singles and it’s set to be released on March 25 by way of 4AD, the band’s new label after parting ways with Thrill ...

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To those coming of age in the 1980s and ‘90s, album cover designer Vaughan Oliver created not only the look of the influential British record label 4AD, but conjured an imaginary realm that would ...