THE TRUTH ABOUT: Cocteau twins - The Untold Story

"I blew up in an airport. Talkin' about killing things and stuff. And you can't lose it in an airport in America." Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld reflects on runaway creativity – and personal train wrecks

This year US alt.rockers Blue October are playing their 2006 album Foiled in full on tour – and Justin Furstenfeld is just glad he can

Louder · Jul 3

Dream-pop at its most divine: Cocteau Twins’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Forty years on from the release of their Victorialand album, we rank the Scottish band’s 20 best tracks, from goth beginnings to weightless masterpieces

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9

‘Have sex to my own music? That sounds repugnant’: KT Tunstall’s honest playlist

The Scots singer thought Kim Wilde was cool and got talked into buying a Cocteau Twins record but which song gives her a slap in the face?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2025

SampleRadar: 139 free dream pop samples

Sound like Cocteau Twins and Beach House with these dreamy and melodic loops and one-shots

MusicRadar · Nov 13, 2024

In One Ear by Simon Raymonde review – life with the magical, mysterious Cocteau Twins

The bassist with the singular 80s band reflects on his contribution to their timeless music – and his years as boss of record label Bella Union – in a diplomatic but chatty memoir

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

“I couldn’t do all the licks and Jimmy Page stuff. By not being able to play properly and discovering echo units, I came upon some monstrous sounds, purely by accident”: Robin Guthrie on how he conjured the haunting tones of Cocteau Twins

With The Moon and the Melodies remastered and reissued, the architect of the lushest sounds committed to tape reflects on the effects experimentation and accidental magic of the quintessential 4AD band

Guitar World · Oct 11, 2024

Simon Raymonde: ‘I started to hate who I was becoming’

The musician and label boss has released his first memoir, ‘In One Ear’, in which he reflects on his career with the Cocteau Twins, a brain tumour diagnosis and navigating the music industry as a manager

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

"If Cocteau Twins counts as a ‘job’ then of course that was the best": former Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde on the magic of his old band and being a record label chief

The former Cocteau Twin has written a memoir looking back on his life and career

Louder · Sep 21, 2024

“Restraint was something other bands did… with little precedent, they were a progressive band to their very core”: Revisiting Cocteau Twins’ Treasure

1984 release led the way for countless bands who’d be labelled shoegaze and dream-pop – but trio’s motivation was to find their own direction

Louder · Aug 11, 2024

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd's The Moon And The Melodies to be reissued on vinyl in August

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd's collaboration The Moon And The Melodies to be reissued on vinyl for the very first time since 1986

Louder · Jul 9, 2024