sorry to continue on my nostalgia trip but i´ve been listening to my first love, cocteau twins. besides being one of the best, most unsung groups of the 80´s they, in my opinion, started the dreampop/shoegazer movement that spawned such greats as ride, curve, lush, verve, and ultimately my bloody valentine. for the uninitiated check out (if you can find it) the minimal/dub ep, "otherness", that was remixed by mark clifford of seefeel fame, or go way back and check out "pink opaque", "garlands", or more recently "blue bell knoll" or "heaven or las vegas". liz fraser, one of the most original vocalists in recent years, was said to have sung in basically gibberish until the last few discs...ella and sarah vaughn would´ve been proud

and, who remembers space rock darlings jessamine? still amazing...check out their second "the long arm of coincidence". i promise to stop the nostalgia soon