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And Then There Were Two
- Sounds
- 05 Nov 1983
Winston Smith gets double vision with the Cocteau Twins
Quite Simply
Cocteau Twins (at present best band in the world, no contest) Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie are at home, busily trying to relax.
Many words spring…
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Cocteau Twins Shine On
- Rorschach Testing
- 01 Nov 1983
The delicate duo’s appearance at the most recent ICA week was an absolute joy, and having previously announced that they would be playing completely new material, it was great to see a sell-out crowd. Unfortunately, it was one of about three gigs to…
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Two’s Company
- ZigZag
- 01 Oct 1983
When the Cocteau Twins narrowed down to a two-piece (Robin and Elizabeth) in June of this year, they settled down for some re-thinking and some rigourous re-channelling of energies. Quitting their tour support with OMD in Germany with four gigs remaining,…
Read moreHeavenly Twins
- Melody Maker
- 19 Mar 1983
Last September a very strange thing happened.
Three unknown scruffy Scottish urchins took the indie charts by storm with, a debut album, called Garlands, an unbelievably fluid chunk of sultry passion, and a spiralling frieze…
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More doom and gloom or an unrecognised pop solution?
- Jamming
- 15 Mar 1983
Being used, as we are, to bands verbalising at length about their motivations and inspirations, it is unnerving at first to encounter Falkirk’s Cocteau Twins. If you have been charmed by their intoxicating shadowed spell, you might presume that behind…
Read moreCocteau Twins are hard to pin down
- The Morning Call
- 15 Feb 1983
Their hairdos are trendy, but they are not just another stylish haircut band from across the Atlantic.
They aren’t even English; they’re Scottish. They are the only performers in their band, but they don’t use synthesizers (they use tapes).…
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Fun from Falkirk—Fat Chance?
- NME/New Musical Express
- 06 Nov 1982
Getting tae ken the Cocteau Twins
Friday night is cardboard box kicking night.
It’s punky party time in Glasgow with celebrations spilling over from the festival of The Damned being held at Tiffany’s.
The born-too-late…
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Review of ‘Lullabies’
- NME/New Musical Express
- 16 Oct 1982
It’s a sad comment on the state of Music Today (assumes grandad-like posture and nestles into rocking chair) that there are hundreds of groups who make their livings by impersonating their heroes as accurately…
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New 2 U: Cocteau Twins
- Sounds
- 11 Sep 1982
Hailing from Grangemouth, Scotland, the Cocteau Twins are, in fact, a three piece: vocalist Elizabeth, Will on bass, and Robbie on guitars. Mixing strong Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division influences, the band are in the unusual position of…
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