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No More Pre-Raphaelite Bullshit
- Lime Lizard
- 01 Oct 1993
Simon, what’s it like being the third member of a couple. Man, wife and bass player?
“I just find the whole couples in rock thing really difficult. The difficult thing is being on tour and going back to a single room and knowing that they’re…
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Obscured by Words
- Mondo 2000
- 01 Oct 1993
Someone once called the Cocteau Twins music “the sound of the voice of God.” A quasi-religious cult ensued. The obscurity of the lyrics only added to the mystique of their sonic etheria. However, as this talk proved, in the inimitable words of Freud…
Read moreFraser-Guided Melodies
- Select
- 01 Oct 1993
Or, indeed, are they? “Fuck knows!” say the Cocteau Twins. The world’s least explanatory threesome return. New label, new album, new family togetherness. But it’s the same old Cocteaus. Robin (‘reliant’ no more), Simon (Venables man) and Liz (audible…
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Twin machine
- Select
- 01 Oct 1993
Clank! Whirrr! Whooo-ooo-sh! Jrrinng! Simon, Robin and Liz are still mining the ethereal/wispy/majestic seam that has served them so well for a decade. Pretty enough, but let’s hope 1997’s follow-up breaks the mould…
Thank heavens, eh?…
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Dreams of Consciousness
- Melody Maker
- 11 Sep 1993
Cocteau Twins, along with the Smiths and New Order, virtually dominated the ‘independent scene’ in the Eighties, creating over six (4AD) albums, a uniquely beautiful noise and inspiring some of the most over-the-top reviews ever seen in the British…
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