His Name Is Alive’s final record on 4AD, Mouth By Mouth was the first where the band controlled all processes including mixing, saw a marked shift; their most diverse, yet accessible catalog entry. The project’s soaring growth over time allowed Defever to employ an extraordinarily adventurous approach to the record’s sound and vision, indulging his love for all kinds of music, be it tastes of looped dub, sugar-sweet 1960s pop, distortion-laden dream-gaze, evocative alt-noise or strummy folk. Embracing the surreal and turning their experimentalism up a notch and with Defever’s studio skills truly blossoming, many see this as a high point for the band.
01. BABY FISH MOUTH
02. LIP
03. CORN FIELD
04. IN EVERY FORM
05. LORD, MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE
06. DRINK, DRESS, AND INK
07. WHERE KNOCK IS OPEN WIDE
08. CAN’T GO WRONG WITHOUT YOU
09. JACK RABBITS
10. SORT OF
11. SICK
12. BLUE MOON
13. EAR
14. LEMON OCEAN
15. THE TORSO
16. THE DIRT EATERS
