Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) is release by Coil that compiles four of their singles onto a double CD. The two disc album compiles the CD versions of Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice (originally recorded throughout 1998, and released seasonally from March 1998 to January 1999). The album also has a live version of "Amethyst Deceivers" hidden at the end of the first disc, following several minutes of silence after "A Warning From The Sun (For Fritz)". The release features artwork by Steven Stapleton.
At the time of release, a mail order edition was offered , comprising the standard 2CD set with the Moons Milk (In Four Phases) Bonus Disc, a CDr of extra material presented in sleeves that John Balance had individually hand-painted.
Tracklist:
Coil - Moon's Milk (I,II.III)
First Phase: Spring Equinox
101 Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet Skull (Part One) 8:29
102 Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet Skull (Part Two) 8:09
Second Phase: Summer Solstice
203 Bee Stings 4:55
204 Glowworms/Waveforms 5:54
205 Summer Substructures 8:07
206 A Warning From The Sun (For Fritz) 16:33
Third Phase: Autumn Equinox
307 Regel 1:15
308 Rosa Decidua 4:53
309 Switches 4:43
310 The Auto-Asphyxiating Hierophant 5:55
311 Amethyst Deceivers 6:42
The conclusion to the 1998 season series (actually released in January 1999) certainly lives up to the title billing, in that things do sound awfully cold and gloomy this time around. Opening track "A White Rainbow" does it brilliantly, though Balance's upfront, softly echoed vocal backed by viola from William Breeze and buried background chants result in an unstable, fascinating blend. Enough randomly crazed distortion comes in at the end to send everything just enough over the top. The holiday season is invoked with the final track, the traditional "Christmas Is Drawing Near," with Rose McDowell and Robert Lee making a return appearance in the series with an excellent, enveloping performance. The two tracks in between, "North" and "Magnetic North," mix a little more instrumental warmth in here and there, but still come across as attractively alien and distant, rising and falling drones and random melodies floating with Balance's electronically roughened delivery.
Tracklist
Coil - Moon's Milk (IV, Bonus disc)
Fourth Phase: Winter Solstice
412 A White Rainbow 8:52
413 North 3:46
414 Magnetic North 8:50
415 Christmas Is Now Drawing Near 3:26
Moon's Milk Bonus Disc
516 Copal 16:54
517 The Coppice Meat 10:49
518 U pel (Insense Offering) 12:40
Download:
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Bonus Disc:
https://mega.nz/#!dYIyhTAL!r_F1j8O442TQ1xtbEq_jfYlrKSkagIreX6c2fWtQcf0
