Cocteau Twins
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the band Cocteau Twins.
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Cocteau Twins – “Head Over Heels”
Head Over Heels is the best album by Cocteau Twins. The simple reason for that being that it has the most variety in the songwriting. Lack of variety in the songs is always, always, always the number one problem when it comes to dream pop albums and is what separates the good albums of the… (read more)
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Cocteau Twins – “Blue Bell Knoll”
Blue Bell Knoll is the same Cocteau Twins with a different sound. Monotone, atmospheric, midtempo dream pop with Robin Guthrie‘s guitar chords bending around Liz Fraser’s omnipresent multi-tracked indecipherable wails and chants. Also there’s a bass guitar in there somewhere, but you could’ve fooled me. The tone of the day is: ice. And what a… (read more)
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Cocteau Twins – “Heaven or Las Vegas”
Not sure what it is about this album, but Heaven or Las Vegas is my second favorite Cocteau Twins release, after Head Over Heels. One of my favorite aspects of Head Over Heels is the unusual dark, mystical songs. My favorite songs on Treasure carry that tradition. Here we are with the Cocteau Twins’s brightest… (read more)