Still unique in a new age-friendly world they helped spawn, the Cocteaus return to the rapturous style of old after the failed mainstream bid of Four-Calendar Cafe (1993). What was once minimal and meandering is now an ornate spiderweb of riffs, rich beats, and Liz Fraser's ghostly vocalese on beauties like "Serpentskirt," and "Calfskin Smack." --Jeff Bateman The ethereal music icons' 1996 album features 10 tracks worth of hypnotic, dreamy songs, awash in ethereal voices, & delicate, liquid guitars. Fontana.
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