COCTEAU TWINS - Garlands LP drone a simple idea launched during

a simple idea launched during an evening becomes concrete: the first Tribute to Jay Reatard is published

but because I’ve long ago stopped making excuses for how their prior recordings failed to capture the full range of their muscularity

This isn’t a record that gets lost in the stacks

burned parliament

making use of what and whom is around at any given moment to make music with

COCTEAU TWINS - Garlands LP drone a simple idea launched duringRemastered from original analog tapes. 1982s Garlands is a crucial part of the Cocteau Twins tale. For one, the groups debut album is the only one that they made with a full time bassist (Will Heggie), something which makes it a curious outlier in the band discography. For two, Garlands shows a band getting to grips with a sound that they sense is something new and exciting and as we all know, their pioneering dream pop style would only increase with