"Iceblink Luck" is a song by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins, released in 1990 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, "Heaven or Las Vegas." The track showcases the band's ethereal sound, blending Elizabeth Fraser's distinctive vocals with lush instrumentation.
I've got a new song out for the first time in nearly two months! mostly because I found myself being a perfectionist with regard to actually finishing it, and I find that's the time when I just need to pop an end on the damn thing and release it 😅
anyways, you might be able to broadly categorize this one as dreampop, though there's influences from all over the map here 😌 artists/albums I had in mind include the dream academy, sigur ros, slowdive's just for a day, and a couple of my usual touchstones: disintegration/wish-era the cure and ulrich schnauss. anyway, hope y'all enjoy! <3
Ah, the sound of my college years. Perfectly representative album of the developing indie scene of the time (e.g. Doolittle came out around this time)
This is when I started appreciating more mellow music. Probably because on this album they somehow make loud guitars and full throated vocals sound relaxing and dreamy. Lots of reverb and a rather melancholy vibe throughout.
Favorite song by far is the opening track, “Blue Thunder”. But this is another album that I’ve slowly found is best played all the way through, as each track blends seamlessly into the next.
Released in 1984 as a single, 'Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops' features Elizabeth Fraser's ethereal vocals layered over shimmering guitars and a driving rhythm. This iconic song, found on the EP 'The Spangle Maker', showcases the Cocteau Twins' dreamy, atmospheric sound, defining a generation of alternative music.
Lush's reunion was cut short in 2016, and Emma Anderson had been working on songs for a new Lush album (post-EP) that never happened.
Some of that was repurposed and joined with new material for this solo album, which is quite melodic…some of it could be a soundtrack to a Peter Strickland movie.
I do miss the vocal interplay between Berenyi and Anderson, but it's nice to have Anderson back doing new music.
Okay, guess I should do a #introduction, hopefully I do this correctly.
I'm a trans undergraduate philosophy student. I hope to post about music (right now I've been listening to #dreampop and #deathmetal) and also about the stuff I'm reading.
Ever since discovering her through Art Ensemble Of Chicago’s “We are On The Edge”, I have grown more fond of Moor Mother’s genius with each release. Add Lonnie Holley and she takes it to a whole new level.
#23From2023 - #Slowdive - Everything is Alive (Dead Oceans). Seldom does a band on a second career run match the quality of their work 30 years earlier. I'm not saying this release tops Souvlaki, but Slowdive's deeper plunge into billowy dreampop is a natural progression from 2017's comeback effort. I miss the Cocteau Twins so damn much, and while "Alife" and "Kisses" aren't that, Neil Halstead and company bring a similarly keen melodic factor to their new work.
#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastnesses of the underground. Emitted transmissions may raise your attention for new unheard #music all over the genre spectrum from all over the world. Btw.: Forget about that German language aspect - it's all about the music… as in:
But can you withstand the genre jumping overdoze?
This time the Fediverse is represented via one track by #Sitka, which is the most talented @oleksiy !
Also lots of powa female energy in it! And... tape machines!
On top of that thanks to @mistfunk for raising my attention towards @pixelblip (not active here anymore unfortunately) so I could inject his animated #Teletext art into my video teaser (see below!).
As always I'll post playlist and manuscript later here (provided I’m at home, else it will come up the day after). And if you have questions about the music – I'll gladly answer! Just ask!
C U all tonight! :)
↑↑↑ English version above, the German one is still below ↓↓↓
Der Underground hat angeklopft und will seine Bandschleifen zurück! Oder Bandschleichen. Was weiß denn ich?
Jedenfalls — 1 Monat is rum, Radio Irrtum! ist wieder da! Und zwar Samstag Abend, 20 Uhr über Alex Berlin auf FM 91MHz/DAB+ Ch.7D (Stream URL oben).
Radio Irrtum! ist meine Radiosendung, in der wir zusammen die Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforschen mittels Musik folgender Genres:
fast schon gotischen (so sagt man, oder?) Shoegaze Dreampop
I did not made my homework and I have nothing prepared for this #MusicWomenWednesday (by @loewe) but everyday is a perfect day for the sweet and soothing voice of Elena Tonra, within or without Daughter.
My latest Spotify playlist is called 'Church of Noise'.
It's a sprawling 12+ hour mixture of some of my favourite shoegaze, dream pop, power pop, slowcore, post-punk & noise rock songs... I threw a few of my own in there too.
Lush – Tiny Smiles (youtu.be) Italian
Spooky...