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Cocteau Twins II - The Road to Heaven or Las Vegas

In the time after their 1984 album Treasure, Cocteau twins continued to evolve from their early atmospheric and dark post-punk music to pioneer ethereal wave and dream pop. This culminated with the masterpiece 1990 album, Heaven or Las Vegas.

Cocteau Twins would release a number of EP's in 1985 building off of the style created on Treasure. The road would continue with 1986’s Victorialand, an album with a more acoustic and ambient feel. Beyond a collaboration with composer Harold Budd that further expanded their sound, the band created a refined and lush, multi-layered guitar and vocal style album with 1988's Blue Bell Knoll.

Then, Heaven or Las Vegas of September 1990 would be the landmark dream pop album as Cocteau Twins blended shimmering guitar textures and lush soundscapes with Elizabeth Fraser’s emotive, ethereal vocal delivery.

This episode tells the story of the Scottish band Cocteau Twins’ growth as one of the most influential bands going beyond their early years and on the road to Heaven or Las Vegas of 1990.

The episode will also discuss the albums in the 90’s that followed before the group disbanded in 1997, in part from the disintegration of the romantic relationship between members Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser.

This episode continues the story of our earlier first Cocteau Twins podcast from 2025 for the band's early years through their first three albums.

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