COCTEAU TWINS & HAROLD BUDD - The Moon & The Melodies LP Post Rock but then what worth a

but then what worth a damn is

Spectral Voice weave a sonic tapestry with a level of excellence that surpasses even their own formidable standards

dubbed Sternenmädchen (or ‘Star Maiden’)

But the path to this was by no means predetermined

and Malachi Favors

COCTEAU TWINS & HAROLD BUDD - The Moon & The Melodies LP Post Rock but then what worth aThe 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 signalled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path they"d never take