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Heaven or Las Vegas is 26 today
- Form Design Blog
- 16 Sep 2017
Heaven or Las Vegas, Cocteau Twins sixth album was released in the UK 26 years ago on 17th September 1990 (reaching no 7 in the UK charts). As it’s one of our all time favourite albums from one of our all time favourite bands, we thought…
Read moreJohn Grant and Elizabeth Fraser in Conversation at Royal Albert Hall
- Drowned in Sound
- 10 Aug 2017
Elizabeth Fraser and John Grant Talk ‘Blue Bell Knoll’
- The Quietus
- 26 Jul 2017
The Cocteau Twins singer discussed the band’s 1988 classic Blue Bell Knoll live in conversation at the Royal Albert Hall
Elizabeth Fraser, the inimitable lead singer of the much-adored Cocteau Twins, made a rare public appearance…
Read more“Lost Horizons (Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins): ‘Frenzy, Fear (Feat. Hilang Child)’”
- Under the Radar
- 19 Jul 2017
Lost Horizons is a new duo featuring former Cocteau Twins member (and Bella Union label head) Simon Raymonde and drummer Richie Thomas (who has played with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Felt, and Cocteau Twins). Their debut album, Ojalá, is…
Read moreInterview with Simon Raymonde
- BBC Radio 6
- 06 Jul 2017
Lauren Laverne chats Bella Union founder and former Cocteau Twin, Simon Raymonde. The British independent record label recently celebrated its 20th anniversary having spend two decades releasing a multitude of quality records from the likes of The…
Read moreCocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas of Dif Juz announce debut album as Lost Horizons
- The Line of Best Fit
- 01 Jul 2017
The Cocteau Twins’ 1990 Release “Heaven Or Last Vegas” Remains Beyond Blissful
- No Recess!
- 16 May 2017
Along with Wax Trax!, no other label of the ’80s represented such a unique and distinct sound and approach to music as 4AD did. How many other labels do you know of that’ve had their flagship group not only write a song about the label head, but name…
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Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde Says He Didn’t Know About His Band’s Record Store Day Reissues
- Pitchfork
- 22 Mar 2017
“Would be nice to have known about it, but I would like to at least receive copies of it.”
Among the many records available in the UK for this year’s Record Store Day are new reissues of Cocteau Twins’ final two LPs: 1993’s Four-Calendar…
Read moreThe dreamy pop refinement of Cocteau Twins’ ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’
- NOOGA Today
- 25 Feb 2017
The transition from the pop decadence of the ’80s to the grunge and indie rock renaissance of the early ’90s allowed countless artists the opportunities to stretch their sound and experiment with some off-the-wall production. A sense of liberation…
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