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It’s Music to Bonk To
- NME/New Musical Express
- 01 Dec 1985
So I spent a Friday afternoon eating and giggling with The Cocteau Twins.
They’re not there. I pour disdain on the mannequins in Harvey Nichols’ window, then stand in a dry place.
A young man rushes out of the jeweller’s opposite…
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Review of ‘Echoes In A Shallow Bay’
- Melody Maker
- 23 Nov 1985
The ‘Great Spangled Fritillary’ takes its name from a butterfly; ‘Melonella’ is more upbeat that the Cocteaus’ usual music, noisy almost; ‘Pale Clouded White’ feels like you’re caught in a warm snowstorm;…
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Worlds Apart
- Melody Maker
- 16 Nov 1985
How do you interview THE COCTEAU TWINS? Steve Sutherland, who considers them to be something like the voice of God, doesn’t know. Well, he sat down and talked to them for a bit, and this is what happened.
THE END: “In the best of all possible…
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Review of ‘Tiny Dynamine’
- NME/New Musical Express
- 16 Nov 1985
Inside a cover that looks like a cross between the trip sequence from 2001 and a camel’s afterbirth, those fun-loving Cocteau Twins bring you a four-track selection of dead clever Liz Fraser vocal…
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The Cocteau Twins
- Smash Hits
- 24 Apr 1985
So what are they like? Nobody really knows. They sell vast quantities of records but rarely give interviews, never appear on Top Of The Pops and avoid publicity like the plague. Mark Ellen meets the tribe that hides from man.
Sorry. Must…
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Digging for Treasures
- Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music
- 01 Feb 1985
Richard Walmsley attempts to get to the heart of the matter with the evasive and persuasive Cocteau Twins.
I remember back in my school days reading Jean Cocteau’s engaging novel about a brother and sister, Paul and Elizabeth, who spend the…
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