Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd collaborative album The Moon and the Melodies being reissued

Cocteau Twins‘ 1986 collaborative album with Harold Budd, The Moon and the Melodies, is being reissued on vinyl for the first time since it was originally released. The new reissue of the album will be out August 23 via 4AD. It’ll also be released on CD and digitally.

Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde said in a statement about the record, “It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together. Really, that’s the essence of it.” 

Read our guide to the complete albums of Cocteau Twins. Two of the band’s records are featured on our list of the 150 Best Albums of the 1980s.

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd The Moon and the Melodies tracklist:

A1. Sea, Swallow Me 
A2. Memory Gongs 
A3. Why Do You Love Me? 
A4. Eyes are Mosaics 
B1. She Will Destroy You 
B2. The Ghost Has No Home 
B3. Bloody and Blunt 
B4. Ooze Out and Away, Onehow 

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