Subscriber Playlist, August 2020: Songs to the Siren (A 4AD Records Sampler)

Highlighting one of the most distinctive and seminal labels of all time.

Founded in 1980 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, 4AD Records would quickly become one of the most important and influential indie/alternative/cult labels of all time. Throughout the ‘80s and into the early ‘90s, the label established its singular, inimitable aesthetic thanks to a series of artsy and atmospheric releases from the likes of Cocteau Twi…