Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust cover

Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust

This Mortal Coil · 1983

16 min · 3 tracks · dream pop

Ethereal soundscapes blend haunting vocals with layered instrumentation, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that reverberates with emotional depth.

Top tracks — play these first

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    Sixteen Days – Gathering Dust — This track epitomizes the album's ethereal quality, merging haunting melodies with atmospheric instrumentation that sets the tone for the entire experience.
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    Song to the Siren — The cover transforms Buckley’s poignant original into a haunting interpretation, showcasing This Mortal Coil's ability to imbue songs with new emotional layers.
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    Sixteen Days (reprise) — The reprise serves as a reflective closure to the album, revisiting themes introduced earlier while enhancing their emotional resonance through subtle variations.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Sixteen Days – Gathering Dust 9:00
  • 2 Song to the Siren 3:30
  • 3 Sixteen Days (reprise) 4:11

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