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30 Years On: Cocteau Twins' 'Head Over Heels' Revisited

30 Years On: Cocteau Twins’ ‘Head Over Heels’ Revisited

  • The Quietus
  • 11 Nov 2013

Such has been the long shadow of influence cast by the Cocteau Twins that it seems strange to think that even they had heroes who’d made a profound and indelible effect on them.

Even more curious an idea to consider is that their primary…

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Old Music: Cocteau Twins'

Old Music: Cocteau Twins’ “Crushed”

  • The Guardian
  • 21 Mar 2013

The Cocteau Twins were not a band to be understood—instead they invited you to fly into the mystery

Created for record label 4AD’s compilation of some of its finest artists circa 1987—Lonely is An Eyesore—Cocteau Twins’ “Crushed”…

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‘Sometimes it feels like I’m still having to justify my existence’: DiS Meets Robin Guthrie

  • Drowned in Sound
  • 06 Feb 2013

With over thirty years as a recording artist under his belt, Robin Guthrie’s iconic status is well and truly justified. Born in the Stirlingshire town of Grangemouth fifty-one years ago, Guthrie was one of the founder members of the…

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