Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels (Black Vinyl) Aphex Twin High expectations for the album

High expectations for the album were soon exceeded

and emerged as one of music’s most steadfast and vital vehicles for pulling light from our darkest emotional recesses

and socially conscious subject matter

honing in on the heartfelt songwriting at the core of her work

and the one that bought their lurching switchback sound to an ever-widening audience

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels (Black Vinyl) Aphex Twin High expectations for the albumComing not long after original bassist Will Heggie had departed the band, the chemistry between remaining members Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie was flourishing and by moving the band on from the starkness of their debut, they were now making the music that would help them define the decade ahead; her wordless, dreamlike vocals a powerful instrument over his lush, textured guitars their trademark.