Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Cafe Artist_The Comet Is Coming and decades of British pop

and decades of British pop

We come from very different musical backgrounds

Purple Image played mind-bending psychedelic funk rock

My instrument chose me

from flitting reversed sounds to churning guitars

Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Cafe Artist_The Comet Is Coming and decades of British popThe brainchild of Guthrie and original bassist Will Heggie, by 1981 they had added Fraser and the following year signed to 4AD, one of the most illustrious of the indie labels. With Raymonde replacing Heggie in 1983, the trio went on to create some of the most unique and otherworldly music of the 80s, built around Guthrie's chiming guitar and Fraser's unmistakable soprano. By the early 90s, the group had just released their most successful album, the