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Cocteau Twins es una banda originaria de Grangemouth, Escocia, que estuvo en activo durante las dos últimas décadas del siglo XX (1982-1996). Derivada de la música post punk, se inscriben dentro de la llamada Dark Wave, más específicamente fueron los creadores y los líderes del género conocido como Dream Pop. Su sonido único (causado en parte por las innovadoras texturas del guitarrista Robin Guthrie y la voz y la técnica única sin apenas precedentes de Elizabeth Fraser) hizo que fueran una de las bandas más originales de su época.

Las guitarras «atmosféricas» de Guthrie y la voz de múltiples registros de Fraser, que oscila constantemente entre la suavidad y la potencia sonora, dan uniformidad a una una obra que experimenta una gran transformación desde sus inicios hasta inicios de los años 90. Si comenzaron como un grupo de música post punk, gótica, bastante obscura y áspera a veces, tras el album TREASURE desaparecieron estas connotaciones para volverse poco a poco más idílicos, suaves sin llegar a la blandura, creando ambientes sonoros amplios e inspirados a veces en el folk de su tierra natal. Una vez más, la guitarra y la voz salvan a estas músicas de caer en tópicos, y si a oidos «profanos» sus canciones pueden sonar repetitivas, la reelaboración de su propio estilo, la búqueda de una especie de «perfeccion» melódica se hace patente.
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  • OctoberFaerie escribió:
    Viernes por la noche
    Adore this band...unique and wonderful...favorites are Wax and Wane & Sugar Hiccup, but really love everything they do.

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  • _KevMusic_ escribió:
    Martes por la mañana
    As I say, once you fall for this band - you fall hard and it won't be long before you're digging for everything this incredible band put out :) And I wouldn't have it any other way.

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  • lestata_metal escribió:
    Lunes por la noche
    found out about this band from the soundtrack of s.darjo and fell in love with them <3

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  • OlavOrganist escribió:
    Lunes por la tarde
    So calming. So beautiful. Love at... third listen, I think.

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  • love_and_caring escribió:
    Lunes por la tarde
    how not to love them?! http://www.last.fm/group/Stripper+Stilettos WOO! who said tacky shoes brought bad musical taste? JOIN EVERYONE there's milk and cookies if you enter!

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  • ashleyrobb escribió:
    Lunes por la mañana
    ill never forget when my gangster rap- listening brother told me he loved 'wax & wane'. it was a great moment for us.

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  • theStarry escribió:
    Domingo por la noche
    One of the main reasons to be proud to be Scottish.. Persephone is my particular favourite. It takes someone with real soul/feeling to let their voice go and not come off like a pointless Mariah Carey showoff.

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  • YControl755 escribió:
    Domingo por la noche
    How can Will Heggie > Simon Raymonde? I can see where that might be your opinion if you enjoy the very early work the most, but Simon played on the band's most renowned releases, so to make such a firm statement seems a little wacky. As Otherness noted below, Simon contributed a ton to the sound of the CT. I think it's safe to say Simon was probably the most grounded and level-headed member of the band - we very well might have never gotten such greatness if he wasn't there.

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  • WoofWoofit escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Woofit found the following anonymous writing on a discarded piece of paper at the side of a Tarmacian mega highway. Woofit suspects that it is the work of one of the many car addicts (an estimated 5 million) that permanently travel the highways of Tarmac in search of the fabled and illusive open road. I travel along the endless mega highways of Tarmac. Encased within my vehicle. Continuously in motion. The world outside a constant blur. I can never stop.

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  • Otherness escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Will's basslines were much more interesting, but Simon wasn't just a bass player in the band -- his contributed to many other elements of the music. I've also read that sometimes Simon and Robin switched instruments. We'll probably never know who exactly did what (well, we can be pretty sure neither of the guys did any vocals), so it's better to think of the Cocteaus' music as a collaborative effort and not just a sum of guitar, bass and voice with some drum machine and the occasional synthetiser thrown in. Oh, and for the record, I remember reading that since Robin wasn't exactly in top shape around 1990, Simon's contributions are exceptionally big on "Heaven or Las Vegas".

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  • Namey escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Also: Will Heggie > Simon Raymonde.

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  • Namey escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Odd that Lowlife ain't in the similar artists...they were often like a downcast, masculine version of Cocteau Twins, only a lot less unintelligible; earthier, if you will -

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  • _pinksandposies escribió:
    la semana pasada
    loving 'Oil of Angels'

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  • Otherness escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Re "Twinlights": I agree with ativke, I prefer the acoustic versions of both "Half-Gifts" and "Rilkean Heart", but holy shit, the original version "Pink Orange Red" is heaven on earth. As for "Milk & Kisses", the first two tracks are gorgeous and so's the last one, but most of the stuff inbetween is a bit too unremarkable for me. Still, it's in no way a bad album, just not the side of the Cocteaus I like the most. As a sidenote, the "Otherness" remix of "Violaine" blows my mind.

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  • outre21 escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Evangeline is a so therapeutic EP.

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  • TheShadowstorm escribió:
    la semana pasada
    Violaine is a fantastic song. Nowhere to be seen on the top tracks list unfortunately.

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  • ativke escribió:
    la semana pasada
    I want to say that every track on Twinlights is better than its studio version, but the electric guitar on Pink Orange Red is simply MEANT TO BE.

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  • YControl755 escribió:
    la semana pasada
    @SoRuthless Yep, I love Twinlights. I even like the acoustic version of Half-Gifts more than the one on M&K.

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  • SoRuthless escribió:
    la semana pasada
    @YControl755, Seekers Who Are Lovers is amazing! have you listened to the Twinlights EP?? Half-Gifts and Rilkean Heart are amazing in that EP, its done acoustically, which is radically different than most of their stuff, but its a softer version of those two tunes. the Otherness EP is done incredibly too. Seekers Who Are Lovers and Violaine are done in another way as well. its not as soft as Twinlights, but its nonetheless lovely.

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  • SoRuthless escribió:
    la semana pasada
    @Otherness, youve got something right there... it is honest, and there are some beautiful songs on that album. i consider Know Who You Are At Every Age to be one of my favorite quotes to live by.

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