Cocteau Twins

Photo by Sarah Van Rij

23 ENVELOPE 1985

Simon Raymonde, Cocteau Twins

Cocteau Twins

First Encore:      Whales Tails Second Encore: Mizake The Mizan and My Love Paramour

Cocteau Twins EP cover art

When Cocteau Twins released their sixth album, Blue Bell Knoll, in 1988, critics hailed it as a major step forward for the abstract pop trio. But to hear members Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie tell it, the record wasn’t so much a quantum leap as a natural evolution. Guthrie in particular sees the album as a logical next step after the band’s previous work The Moon and the Melodies, which was a collaboration with American composer Harold Budd. He denounces the idea that the album was anything more than the result of a gradual maturation. (via Cocteau Twins on Blue Bell Knoll: Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie on the Band’s “Golden Era” - Interview | Under the Radar - Music Magazine)