“Cocteau Twins: The Complete Guide”

• By Jack Scourfield
• Clash
• 14-Jul 2014

As two classic LPs are reissued…

Two of the most bewitching entries in 4AD’s back catalogue have been repressed on vinyl for the first time since their original release—and as Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven Or Las Vegas once more take their places on record store shelves after a wait of over 20 years, so the latest page in Cocteau Twins’ brilliant, fractured narrative is turned.

These represses are of the last two records that Cocteau Twins released through the iconic British imprint, ending a near decade-long relationship throughout the 1980s that saw the hugely influential trio inextricably linked with what became known as “the 4AD sound”. To mark their re-release, Clash has taken an album-by-album look back on the group’s sublimely supernatural story.

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