Good work. Two things for me about Cocteau. First, I'm reminded about something that you've written before, that there is a sort of musicality to language, that transcends above what the lyrics are actually saying. We don't particularly understand what Liz Fraser is saying, sure, but we still emote with it, because she possesses a beautiful voice, and in a sense, we get to figure out ourselves what it means to us.
Second, Fraser's vocals are run through tons of processing, layering, and other production tricks on (most) of the Cocteau Twins' albums. Now, I think that it does work most of the time, but I do *really* like how Fraser's voice sounds without any extra processing. Part of why Massive Attack's Mezzanine is one of my favorite albums, is that you get to hear Fraser's voice without any of the layering on three songs, with her at least trying to be intelligible. It's really beautiful, probably one of the best vocal performances of all time, so I wonder how Cocteau would have turned out if they were more Singer-Songwriter rather than Dream Pop/Shoegaze.
Good work. Two things for me about Cocteau. First, I'm reminded about something that you've written before, that there is a sort of musicality to language, that transcends above what the lyrics are actually saying. We don't particularly understand what Liz Fraser is saying, sure, but we still emote with it, because she possesses a beautiful voice, and in a sense, we get to figure out ourselves what it means to us.
Second, Fraser's vocals are run through tons of processing, layering, and other production tricks on (most) of the Cocteau Twins' albums. Now, I think that it does work most of the time, but I do *really* like how Fraser's voice sounds without any extra processing. Part of why Massive Attack's Mezzanine is one of my favorite albums, is that you get to hear Fraser's voice without any of the layering on three songs, with her at least trying to be intelligible. It's really beautiful, probably one of the best vocal performances of all time, so I wonder how Cocteau would have turned out if they were more Singer-Songwriter rather than Dream Pop/Shoegaze.