it’s one of my all-time favorite Cocteau Twin songs. a bit more obscure, on the b-side of the Aikea-Guinea ep. i got this ep on vinyl at some point during my lonely years and Quisquose felt like the perfect, most precious accompaniment. i love the plodding piano. banging slight dissonances. Liz’s cacophonous howls. it doesn’t …
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Europa Hymn from Martin Gore’s solo electronic album (MG) is perfection. Equal parts melancholy, reflective, poignant. What is its tone? Absolutely wistful. In view of beauty. Perhaps bowing down to beauty. A hymn, paying honor to something grand, something transcendent. Martin Gore knows how to translate this very emotion to music so skillfully. He brings …