For almost everyone, the entry point for discovering the music of Q Lazzarus came via the song “Goodbye Horses.” The song first appeared in 1988, by way of the Jonathan Demme film Married to the Mob, but it would not become fully lodged into popular consciousness until it later appeared in Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.

In conjunction with the release of Eva Aridjis Fuentes’ documentary film Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, Sacred Bones is releasing a collection of songs that span the entirety of Q’s career, showcasing the different eras of her work and the full breadth of her personality. Released in collaboration with the family of Q, this holds the distinction of being her first and only full-length release.

Recorded between 1985 and 1995, this trove of previously unreleased music reflects some of the most interesting facets of pop music from the past four decades in a way that feels both savvy and wildly eclectic. Goodbye Horses represents the potential for so many different kinds of careers that, for whatever reason, never fully materialized.