Description
His Name Is Alive’s 1990 4AD label debut ‘Livonia’ cemented the band’s presence among 4AD’s well-established ethereal lineage, reinventing and refracting the label’s sound through a prism. A tender and slightly deranged dream-pop record, it packages nearly ten years of Defever’s home recordings – brought to haunting chorus via the spectral, feminine vocals of Karin Oliver. Produced and mixed by Ivo Watts-Russell and This Mortal Coil collaborator John Fryer, the record is a powerful opening statement, inviting intrigue via noisy refrains and textural guitar. It examines the dual themes of love and loss, woozily delivered as if dreamlike.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
1. As We Could Ever – His Name Is Alive
2. E-Nicolle (Introduction) – His Name Is Alive
3. If July – His Name Is Alive
4. Some and I – His Name Is Alive
5. Fossil (Verse) – His Name Is Alive
6. E-Nicolle – His Name Is Alive
7. Caroline’s Supposed Demon – His Name Is Alive
8. Fossil – His Name Is Alive
9. Reincarnation – His Name Is Alive
10. You and I Have Seizures – His Name Is Alive
11. How Ghosts Affect Relationships – His Name Is Alive
12. Darkest Dreams – His Name Is Alive





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