Cocteau Twins’ music is not something that is instantly
\nappealing. Considering how beautiful and amicable their music is,
\nit is only paradoxical that the concept of “Love at First Sight”
\ndoesn’t work with their style. Their music uncannily and slowly
\nseeps into the listener, and all of a sudden, as if hit by
\nserendipity, just when the listener is peeved with how each song
\nsounds so much like the other, one starts wondering why in the
\nworld didn’t one fall in love with the album the very first time
\none’s ears met with the unusually and irresistibly lovable sound of
\nthis hard-to-love but difficult-to-forget band.<\/p>\n
\nHeaven Or Las Vegas<\/i> is a perfect example of the typical
\nnature of the Twins’ sound. Though it seems pleasing to the ears,
\nit does have the listener penuriously showering praises on the
\nalbum during the first few listens. However, with more listens, the
\nencomiums flow more freely and the album becomes a prized
\nsweetheart in one’s CD collection.<\/p>\n
But,
\nHeaven Or Las Vegas<\/i> is not all about difficult numbers.
\nThere are a few songs — for instance, “Pitch The Baby,” “Iceblink
\nLuck,” and “Road, River And Rail,” which have the pleasing quality
\nof radio-hits, as well as the title song: Not only is it the Twins’
\nbest to date, but their most attractive, touching, appealing,
\ncharismatic, and hypnotic.<\/p>\n
For the Twins’ frigid music style, this album is warm; it is a
\nsummer album. Even in the Twins’ laidback style, the songs are
\nsubtly vivified and are as bright as the morning sunshine. Simple
\nin nature,
\nHeaven Or Las Vegas<\/i> is minimally ‘produced,’ and this is
\nnoticeable, especially in Elizabeth Fraser’s vocals, which is
\ndevoid of any echoic embellishments and is considerably stripped.
\nBut this does not make her “Greek” vocals sound more “English.”<\/p>\n
Much like the glint in a baby’s eyes,
\nHeaven Or Las Vegas<\/i> is innocent; it has a spark with warmth
\nin its heart. It knows not of the glacial world outside, and seeks
\nprotection from it. Be it due to the instantly charming title song,
\nor the not-so-striking persona of “Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer
\nFires,” this relaxed but sprightly album is as interesting as its
\nsong titles, and is as mesmerizing as this band itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":27287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6918],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-38650","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-cocteau-twins","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38650"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}