Following in the novelty pop with politics footsteps of Go-Kart Mozart, this is another warped and wonderful transmission from the brain of Lawrence and friends.
This comprehensive compilation collects almost all of the '90s output from the middle period of this groundbreaking and guitar-shredding alt-rock band.
The ethereal pop beauty that would later come to define the Cocteau Twins first started surfacing on their 1983 sophomore album Head over Heels. While still heavy on gothic darkness and the occasional post-punk inclination, the duo got into softer, more lucid songwriting, blueprinting the next 30-odd years of dream pop with the song "Sugar Hiccup" alone.
The Toronto art-pop combo's third album is an inquisitive and intimate set, spontaneously recorded and arranged in just ten days. Quirky synths and errant saxophones decorate the landscape, but it's singer Robin Dann's warm musings that steal the show.