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Artist..: Cocteau Twins
Album...: Aikea-Guinea
GENRE....: Indie
STYLE....: Dream Pop, Alternative Rock, Experimental, Ethereal
LABEL....: 4AD SCENE.....: 2014-11-20
BITRATE..: 878 kbps avg STORE.....: 1991-00-00
ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 4
SIZE.....: 91.93MB SOURCE....: CDEP
URL..: http://www.cocteautwins.com/html/discography/discog_17.html
TRACKLIST
1 Aikea-Guinea 3:57
2 Kookaburra 3:19
3 Quisqouse 4:10
4 Rococo 3:08
Total Playtime.: 14:34
CD reissue of 1985 EP release.
http://www.discogs.com/Cocteau-Twins-Aikea-Guinea/release/184958
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The immediate follow-up to Treasure didn't match the effortless heights of
that album, but still came darn close throughout, providing another brief,
affecting precis of the trio at its best. The title track became another
well-deserved Twins standard, a deceptively simple bass/guitar/drum
combination driving away at its core, while Fraser sings beautifully over it
all, matched by a swirl of Guthrie's production touches (piano, mock choir,
and so forth). "Kookaburra" follows squarely in the path of faster Cocteaus
tracks as "Because of Whirl-Jack," though here Fraser's vocals are more sweet
and less dramatically piercing. Guthrie's guitar takes center stage here,
starting the track with echoing swirls leading into the main riff.
"Quisquose" puts piano up front as main accompaniment for one of Fraser's
more adventurous vocals, mixing a high main lyric with a more free form
performance set against it, calling to mind the slightly similar contrast in
vocal takes on "Lorelei." The instrumental "Rococo" ends the EP with style, a
quiet bass/percussion opening leading into one of Guthrie's trademark fusions
of feedback, volume, and heavily-produced beauty. Raymonde's bass stands out
strongly throughout as well, a fine combination.
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