His Name Is Alive- Mouth By Mouth

Label: 4AD

Reissued 5/8/2026, Originally released 1993 

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.

Track listing:

1. Baby Fish Mouth
   
2. Lip
   
3. Cornfield
   
4. In Every Ford
   
5. Lord, Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
   
6. Drink, Dress, and Ink
   
7. Where Knock Is Open Wide
   
8. Can't Go Wrong Without You
   
9. Jack Rabbits
   
10. Sort of
    
11. Sick
    
12. Blue Moon
    
13. Ear
    
14. Lemon Ocean
    
15. The Torso
    
16. The Dirt Eaters