Xmal Deutschland - Gift The 4AD YearsLabel: 4AD Reissued 5 23 2025 The extraordinary impact Xmal Deutschland had upon British audiences in the early Eighties is difficult to convey forty years on. A spell was cast by the staccato rhythms, unmediated channels and mysterious (to us) language of their music, and by the vision and strength of the women involved. Their first two albums with 4AD dazzled and dug deep, speaking in tones and temperatures unlike any band before or since. And at

late 1980's Ace Up Your Sleeve UK tour was a triumphant lap of honour that spilled into the recording of No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith

I Can't Win

Complexion (A Zulu Love)

Honky Tonk Women

Roger Guenveur Smith

Figurative Theater

Their music confronts political and social issues

With track highlights like "Wheels" and "No Phone

Invisible Touch

ribbons of light and hope illuminate its shadowy corners and nocturnal glow

limited to 500 copies

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