all for my all for my all for my kiss my kiss my kiss myyyy as I recall
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 31 March 2023 00:48 (one year ago) link
Yeah ha I think at one point I also thought that was it. I mean who would hear "curtsies", she really smears the word.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 31 March 2023 00:56 (one year ago) link
Cocteau Twins are seen as progenitors to shoegaze in their guitar sound, but I guess you could say the same about their lyrical approach. I have always appreciated Slowdive and MBV because most pop lyrics are daft, and by submerging the vocals in the mix, those bands avoided that disappointment. Liz Fraser’s avant-garde lyric writing, which was then distorted behind recognition in her singing, was the same goodness.
― Melomane, Friday, 31 March 2023 01:20 (one year ago) link
Encountered "Pearly Dewdrops'-Drops" today, as part of a mix... what a terrific song (oddly titled though it is). I tried out some bits & pieces of their other early stuff, and wasn't feeling it as much... I'll have to keep trying, kept coming back to that one song.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 00:17 (one year ago) link
try sampling the EPs as opposed to album tracks
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 01:28 (one year ago) link
If you like “Pearly…” specifically, then I’d recommend ‘The Pink Opaque’ which is a US compilation of key tracks from that era.
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
Thanks to both, those were good tips for finding a groove (this track "Millimillenary," dang...)
Wish I had been hip to this band in high school; they would have fit so tightly in my taste profile at the time.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 02:35 (one year ago) link
(this track "Millimillenary," dang...)
so great and only available via the Pink Opaque comp, not released anywhere else which is a travesty obv
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 03:20 (one year ago) link
“Wax and Wane” remix is decent too, in that 80s 4AD dance mix vein
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 03:26 (one year ago) link
It also contains my favorite Cocteau’s track - “Aikea-Guinea”
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 03:49 (one year ago) link
"Aikea-Guinea" is my favorite CT track too :)
I think you would probably enjoy the album Head Over Heels, which is close in sound to "Pearly..", especially the song "Sugar Hiccup".
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
Thanks, will queue that up next (I'm almost thru The Pink Opaque this morning; "Aikea-Guinea" happens to be playing right now... great collection)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
This group sure had a way with song titles! haha
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
That's all Liz Fraser. Wait till you see the ones on Blue Bell Knoll !
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
"Sugar Hiccup" was a good call!
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
I feel like the Sugarcubes def. took some inspiration here (tho I imagine this is a bog-standard observation)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link
I remember an early Sugarcubes interview where Björk said she often got compared to Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux and Liz Fraser.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
And just that slow-tempo groove, echoing drums, and chiming gtr of some of these tracks (although I guess that would describe a lot of '80s acts!)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
morrisp, you gotta check out the Love's Easy Tears EP. Their single best release for me, has kind of a 60s-pop-beamed-through-interstellar-space vibe
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
Thanks – just listened, and liked it a lot (perfect description, too!)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
I found this in a cutout bin of unsold Record Store Day stuff - Sun's Signature (Frasier and Damon Reece)
HOLY SHIT THIS IS GREAT why didn't anyone freak out about this
feels like a mix of Cocteau's and Portishead Third
https://sunssignature.bandcamp.com/album/suns-signature
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:21 (eleven months ago) link
waht
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:40 (eleven months ago) link
I thought this already made the rounds! Yeah it's fine stuff.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:41 (eleven months ago) link
I must have missed it, just saw the cover in the bins and googled it, was only $8 so I figured why not, super blown away by how great this is, beautiful tracks, feels a piece with CT but has its own identity
her voice has held up remarkably!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:44 (eleven months ago) link
plus Steve Hackett!!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:00 (eleven months ago) link
Woah. Thanks for info. Had no idea.
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 20:55 (eleven months ago) link
Happy 60th to Liz!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 21:59 (eight months ago) link
Yesterday in the northern suburbs of Chicago there was a blue minivan with Louisiana plates and a bumper sticker that said "STOP HONKING I'm trying to figure out what Cocteau Twins are saying" over the Heaven or Las Vegas cover art.
It's sold out
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 22:16 (eight months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pI7Yi4b.jpgJohn Bonham is all over this album huh
― calstars, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:56 (three months ago) link
Yessir.
"1984’s Treasure was a landmark album for the Cocteaus that saw improvements in both their songwriting and Guthrie’s production—it also marked the debut of their multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde. They worked in some new gear, including an E-mu Emulator sampler and Yamaha DX-7 for bell sounds, but they stuck with their E-mu Drumulator with an important upgrade.
The change? Guthrie swapped out the original eproms for Digidrums’ Rock Drums chips, which featured samples of John Bonham from “When The Levee Breaks.” It gives the backing tracks a distinctive sampled edge but with a Drumulator feel.
In the magazine One-Two Testing, Guthrie explained how he used the Drumulator on the record. “We start with a very basic guide drum on the Drumulator. I’ve tried all the drum machines and that’s the most straightforward machine to work with. Examples? Well, supposing you wanted to erase a particular drum from a song. On some machines that would take you ages. With the Drumulator it’s straightforward. Tuning of the drums on it would be helpful, I suppose, but you could always varispeed them once they were on tape. I’ve got some of the new chips for our Drumulator—the Rock chips sound great. I’ll stick with that machine.”
― MaresNest, Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:56 (three months ago) link
Also Shout by Tears For Fears
twins becoming one of my fav bands
― Swen, Sunday, 28 January 2024 17:24 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QFFJGor.pngThe first 20 seconds of this sound like music for a secret super Mario brothers underworld level
― calstars, Sunday, 28 January 2024 20:17 (three months ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/33528-cocteau-twins-head-over-heels-anniversary
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 29 January 2024 19:29 (three months ago) link
never picked up on either of those drum samples, good excuse to play treasure at a very loud volume when I clock out.
― brimstead, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:07 (three months ago) link
That Record Got Me High - Cocteau Twins 'Treasure' with Miki Berenyi
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 20:37 (three months ago) link
Ugh, that Quietus review gets 721 words in before it mentions the band or the album
― enochroot, Thursday, 1 February 2024 17:20 (three months ago) link
Thanks, john
― irerisered, Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:56 (three months ago) link
rock out with your clock out
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:58 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1sNGV7D.jpg
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:45 (one month ago) link
Feel like“Slip Away the Chicken Slice” needs a comma. Slip Away, the Chicken Slice
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:36 (one month ago) link
I coulda sworn "Bitter Gourd Grasping" was a BBK outtake but I guess not
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:37 (one month ago) link
also, ATTN Swen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaOlNfC8_xQ
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:39 (one month ago) link
Damn those clips were so laid back. I miss 80s news
― sawdust lagoon, Friday, 12 April 2024 00:05 (one month ago) link