Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 21:01:23 -0700 
     From: Dewdrops Records (nelson@ASTRO.UCLA.EDU) 
     Subject: Cocteau Twins press release


Direct from Capitol, this is the latest press release, dated May 13,
regarding the Cocteau Twins. Any typing errors are probably mine.
This may have been covered on the CT list, but I'm not on there
for exactly the reasons Jens stated: too much noise.

Brant

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Already the recipient of early critical acclaim, the Cocteau Twins'
forthcoming full length album Milk & Kisses was just released to
College Radio on April 29 where it was #1 most added at CMJ, Gavin
college and Hits Indie Rock! "Tishbite," the first track, will be
released to Commercial Alternative and AAA radio on May 13 and Milk &
Kisses will be in stores on May 14.

As part of the launch, the Cocteau Twins will perform for a live
internet simulcast, broadcast from their own September Sound Studios
in London on May 22. "Lunchtime With The Coctea Twins" will take place
at 12:00 noon in Los Angeles (9:00 pm in teh UK), and it will be
broadcast using Real Audio. Produced by the Cocteau Twins and Capitol
Records New Media in conjunction with Traffic Interactive, the netcast
can be accessed via the Capitol Records website on the worldwide web
at http://hollywoodandvine.com or the Cocteau Twins site at
and it did NOT work. The link on the Dewdrops web page still works
though.]

The band -- Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser and Simon Raymonde -- will
begin a US tour in Atlanta on June 7. Although the opening act is
still to be announced, concertgoers can stay after the Cocteau
performance as DJ Mark Clifford of Seefeel/Disjecta will spin late
into the night. The Cocteau tour will conclude with a performance at
the first Lollapalooza show, in Longview Lake, near Kansas City,
Missouri on June 27. They will fill the "guest slot" playing
immediately prior to Soundgarden. A partial itenerary is listed below,
but more sates and details will be announced shortly.

The uniquitous Cocteau Twins are also featured on the forthcoming
soundtrack to the highly anticipated Bernardo Bertolucci film,
Stealing Beauty. The beautiful, yet haunting "Alice" was written after
the band saw this equally beautiful and sensual film that will
premiere at the Cannes film festival. The Stealing Beauty soundtrack
will be in stores on May 28. The film opens in New York and Los
Angeles on June 14, and in July nationally.

The acclaim of two recent EP releases, the largely acoustic
"Twinlights" and the more ambient "Otherness" is only superceded by
the glowing critical response that Milk & Kisses is already receiving!
Buzz magazine says, "One of their best albums to date, filled with
ethereal, hypnotic compositions." Entertainment Weekly raves,
"listening to the Cocteau Twins is as soothing as sipping warm herbal
tea. The band's latest dreamscape floats on shimmering guitar waves
and celestial vocal harmonies, but it's more than an aural sedative,
mixing melody and atmosphere in just the right dose to guarantee many
memorable listens." Interview chimes, "The Twins' sustaining blend of
soft, metallic melodies and cobweb-fine vocals urge the listener onto
glorious landscapes with ridges for the imagination to fill in."

The Cocteau Twins US Itinerary

June 7  Atlanta Roxy
June 9  Washington DC 9:30 Club
June 10 Boston Avalon
June 12 New York Roxy
June 24 Los Angeles Mayan
June 27 Longview, Missouri Lollapalooza

Dates are tentatively planned in Chicago, Toronto,
Seattle and San Francisco.


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