Description:
Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd – The Moon and the Melodies (1986, Remastered 2024)
Review:
Almost forty years after it was initially released, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued for the first time – remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself. The Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins catalogue – unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path they’d never take again. Over the ensuing years, The Moon and the Melodies has attracted a passionate fan base. Its most atmospheric tracks routinely turn up in ambient DJ sets. ‘Sea, Swallow Me’ is one of the Cocteau Twins’ most streamed songs on Spotify, having found a new life on TikTok, where it serves as the soundtrack to innumerable expressions of hard-to-express melancholy. For such a low-key affair, the album casts a long shadow – but Raymonde believes the record’s uniqueness stems directly from its humble, unpremeditated origins. “It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together. Really, that’s the essence of it.” — bandcamp
Track List:
01. Sea, Swallow Me (2024 Remaster)
02. Memory Gongs (2024 Remaster)
03. Why Do You Love Me (2024 Remaster)
04. Eyes Are Mosaics (2024 Remaster)
05. She Will Destroy You (2024 Remaster)
06. The Ghost Has No Home (2024 Remaster)
07. Bloody And Blunt (2024 Remaster)
08. Ooze Out And Away, Onehow (2024 Remaster)
Media Report:
Genre: ambient, dream-pop
Origin: Scotland  / Los Angeles, California, USA 
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
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