Having heard Guthrie's "Lumiere" performance and got his last couple of albums - as well as being a fan of all things Cocteau - this is EXACTLY what I was expecting to hear, and I love it!

Guthrie's holding back perfectly, and John's vocal is, well, different!
Maybe Latin, maybe not-quite-words at all. Maybe some unwritten non-verbal language...

Hang on..?? seeks out Blue Bell Knoll :p

There's also news of this preview at thequietman:-

http://blog.thequietman.co.uk/category/releases/

accompanied by one of the original CO images, which - at least to me - has a very "under ice" feel about it...

A larger version of the same image (entitled "CATHEDRAL OCEANS") is one of five more pictures recently added to the gallery at

http://www.myspace.com/foxxmetamatic

Hi Martin,

I love every Cocteau Twins album and...
I loathe every Cocteau Twins album

They have to catch me at the right moment. Sometimes I'm 'Wow! What an amazing, emotional, burn burn burn of a catherine wheel music!'

And other days I'm 'Fer chrisakes woman! Would it kill you to write a bleedin' song!? It's Cleo Lane!'

All bets are off when Heaven or Las Vegas goes on though.



I need to catch up on my Guthrie - still not got round to getting Imperial yet - tsk tsk.

Gazza

Ha!Ha! Kind of always felt the same about the Cocteaus, Pearly Dewdrops Drop is fine now and then but after a bit it does tire one so.

Anyway I'm sure Guthrie is a very accomplished musician and I love what I've heard from the edit on myspace, my favourite in fact of the new stuff.

HERESY!

I thought HearSay had split up... :rolleyes:

I love that track!


At the first moment I felt it would fit in with In Mysterious Ways ...

WANT MORE!!!!

Estrellita, little star (in Spanish) is a lovely track. Reminds me at times of The Garden.

All his collaborations so far have that special quality. There's a track with Harold Budd on mySpace and I wonder if his previously unreleased material with Budd will see the light of day...wishing on an Estrellita!

Chris

It's "Adult" from Translucence that's been recently uploaded.

Interesting choice. There's some 'common ground' between this and A Secret Life...

I notice that the 'cover' image for Adult is not the Translucence cover, but a more recent 'quiet man' style piece...?

...and Cathedral Oceans. The track is up there amongst John's best. In addition to his electronics this kind of music is also his forte.

Thanks John!
Chris