The Raincoats - The Void, Live at the MOMA.

This is The Raincoats performing 'The Void' live at MOMA in 2009. You can watch a full set of the band performing as part of Dan Graham's Stage Set for Music at the Lisson Gallery in London in 2018 here.

The Raincoats // The Void

This was the first Raincoats song I ever heard and, again, it was thanks to John Peel. He got Hole in for a Peel Session in 1993, and one of their tracks was a cover version of 'The Void' so, a few days ahead of the Hole session going out, he dug out the Raincoats original version, which appears on their debut self titled album from 1979.

I liked it because it sounded so strange and discordant, and slightly mournful, and I liked the slightly skittery nature of it as well. I don't think any of those qualities translated with the Hole version but then, that might have been the point.