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29th Mar '13 8:54:02 PM JIKTV

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4AD first became famous in TheEighties as the home of critically acclaimed DreamPop bands such as CocteauTwins, DeadCanDance and Watts-Russell's own collaborative project ThisMortalCoil. These bands helped [[TropeCodifier codify]] the genre's main characteristics, such as a combination between {{Ambient}} production and accessible melodies, complex arrangements, copious EchoingAcoustics, and a distinctive visual identity, courtesy of the label's in-house graphic designer Vaughan Oliver. The identification is so widespread that "4AD" is frequently used as a shorthand for "the classic dream pop sound".

However, this wasn't all 4AD had to offer, as was highlighted by its famous 1987 sampler compilation ''Lonely Is An Eyesore''. The label soon expanded into American AlternativeRock, signing Music/ThePixies, Music/TheBreeders and ThrowingMuses, among others, and establishing a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles office in TheNineties, from where a lot of the {{Slowcore}} bands that drove the label that decade operated.

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4AD first became famous in TheEighties as the home of critically acclaimed DreamPop bands such as Music/CocteauTwins, Music/DeadCanDance and Watts-Russell's own collaborative project Music/ThisMortalCoil. These bands helped [[TropeCodifier codify]] the genre's main characteristics, such as a combination between {{Ambient}} production and accessible melodies, complex arrangements, copious EchoingAcoustics, and a distinctive visual identity, courtesy of the label's in-house graphic designer Vaughan Oliver. The identification is so widespread that "4AD" is frequently used as a shorthand for "the classic dream pop sound".

However, this wasn't all 4AD had to offer, as was highlighted by its famous 1987 sampler compilation ''Lonely Is An Eyesore''. The label soon expanded into American AlternativeRock, signing Music/ThePixies, Music/TheBreeders and Throwing Muses, among others, and establishing a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles office in TheNineties, from where a lot of the {{Slowcore}} bands that drove the label that decade operated.

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