{"product_id":"the-moon-and-the-melodies-2024-remaster-vinyl-lp","title":"The Moon And The Melodies (2024 Remaster): Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003eOn 23 August, almost forty years after it was initially released, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl for the first time – remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eThe Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins’ catalogue – unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path they’d never take again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eOver the ensuing years, The Moon and the Melodies has attracted a passionate fan base. Its most atmospheric tracks routinely turn up in ambient DJ sets. ‘Sea, Swallow Me’ is one of the Cocteau Twins’ most streamed songs on Spotify, having found a new life on TikTok, where it serves as the soundtrack to innumerable expressions of hard-to-express melancholy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eFor such a low-key affair, the album casts a long shadow – but Raymonde believes the record’s uniqueness stems directly from its humble, unpremeditated origins. “It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together. Really, that’s the essence of it.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eA1. Sea, Swallow Me \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eA2. Memory Gongs \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eA3. Why Do You Love Me? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eA4. Eyes are Mosaics \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eB1. She Will Destroy You \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eB2. The Ghost Has No Home \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eB3. Bloody and Blunt \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eB4. Ooze Out and Away, Onehow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cocteau Twins And Harold Budd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57431716069707,"sku":"4AD642LP","price":3.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/1x1_moon_and_melodies_LP_28front_29_copy.jpg?v=1779698590","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/the-moon-and-the-melodies-2024-remaster-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}