Cocteau Twins And Harold Budd - The Moon And The Melodies Vinyl LP Remastered
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£20.99
Original price
£20.99
£20.99
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£20.99
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£20.99
Condition: New
Black Vinyl LP Remastered
Catalogue Number: 4AD0642LP
Barcode: 0191400064218
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Condition Note: Brand New
Track Listing / Description
A1 Sea, Swallow Me
A2 Memory Gongs
A3 Why Do You Love Me?
A4 Eyes are Mosaics
A5 She Will Destroy You
B1 The Ghost Has No Home
B2 Bloody and Blunt
B3 Ooze Out and Away, Onehow
B4 Change the Story (Interlude)
On 23 August, almost forty years after it was initially released, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl 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."