A totally unique album. Cocteau Twins found their definite style only after the release of this, their first album, yet Garlands stands on its own merit and has never been matched by the Cocteau Twins or any other band before or after. Garlads owes much more to new wave than later Cocteau Twins works. Still it's probably the first dream pop/shoegazer album ever. It's not all about bliss, though; musically as well as lyrically it's very dark. Pronounced basslines and very solid beatmachine programming compliment the typical fluid guitar. But most of all there's no song on this album without at least one startling melodic idea by Elizabeth Fraser. For me, one of the best albums ever made.
Tracklist:
1. Blood Bitch
2. Wax and Wane
3. But I'm Not
4. Blind Dumb Deaf
5. Shallow then Halo
6. The Hollow Men
7. Garlands
8. Grail Overfloweth
9. Dear Heart (Peel Session)
10. Hearsay Please (Peel Session)
11. Hazel (Peel Session)
12. Blind Dumb Deaf (Peel Session)
13. Speak No Evil
14. Perhaps Some Other Aeon
Download:
https://mega.co.nz/#!Vs9g1ZDZ!HCCk34YOLtoFz5FDuiLbpAYwEO8EL_1GSjgzdIImzaw
