Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd The Moon and the Melodies 2LP Orange Vinyl " The ghost says nothing

" The ghost says nothing but responds with a look of mystery

churning out a series of killer records unfettered by bureaucratic interference

The elongated strides of ANTHEM OF THE SUN were replaced with short bursts that hinted at the music's timeless sources

For A Chaos Of Flowers guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie drew heavily on the poems of artists whom Wattie found kinship in

while even so-so efforts like the title track and "Poison Arrows" come off as upbeat and inspired

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd The Moon and the Melodies 2LP Orange Vinyl " The ghost says nothingThe 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 signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take