Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (2020 Repress)

Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (2020 Repress)Victorialand, Cocteau Twins fourth album, was released in spring 1986. The largely acoustic, non percussive album was made with Elizabeth and Robin, while Simon was working on This Mortal Coil's second album, Filigree & Shadow. Dif Juz label mate Richard Thomas guested on tabla and saxophone. The Guardian said "Its not quite ambient, but its definitely not rocknroll even by the Cocteaus standards, building on the moments of guitar shimmer from the

the ten-song set was recorded in a former Catholic church

the machines can react to one another as well

and oddball frenzy

a product of a very specific two-day process

Freed to now make music how they wanted and with no clock to beat

Flash forward to 2009: Vanguard contacted guitarist (and long-time Basho champion) Glenn Jones with the intriguing news that an unreleased Robbie Basho album session had recently been found

Singer-guitarist Alan Sparhawk has even perfected the “elevator pitch” for C’mon: “Recorded in an old church in Duluth

Helen Money stands as one of the most unique and versatile cellists working today

the singer and guitarist Hermon Hitson

before breaking up

The Sea and Cake

plaintive strings