In the mid-late 1980s, Moss Icon pioneered a progressive, highly emotive sound that stood in stark contrast to just about everything even remotely considered punk rock at the time. In retrospect, they more resembled an inspired marriage of the bleak post-punk leanings of Joy Division with the raucous riffage of the Wipers, albeit considerably less accessible thanks to Moss Icon's more sinister tone, Tonie Joy's exploratory arrangements, and frontman Jonathan Vance's almost stream-of-conscious sociopolitical rampages. In the decades since Moss Icon's disbandment, bootlegged t-shirts and patches have been easier to come by than actual recordings, and the Internet is filled with misconceptions and misinformation, incidentally lending an enigmatic, almost mythical status to the band. Rather than attempt to pull back the curtain, this collection - compiling the group's entire official catalog - serves to permanently document the very essential contributions of an essential band from an essential era of underground music.

1-1. Mirror
1-2. I'm Back Sleeping, Or Fucking, Or Something
1-3. Divinity Cove
1-4. Locket
1-5. As Afterwards The Words Still Ring
1-6. Lyburnum Wit's End (Liberation Fly)
1-7. Cricketty Rise (Haverton Roads - Browns And Greens)
1-8. Happy (Unbounded Glory)
2-1. The Life
2-2. Kick In The Can
2-3. Memorial
2-4. Moth
2-5. Guatemala
2-6. Gravity
2-7. As Afterwards The Words Still Ring
2-8. Familiar Presides
2-9. Hate In Me
2-10. What They Lack
2-11. Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die