The Moon & The Melodies (Vinyl) BNPL Excluded They explored new approaches to

They explored new approaches to writing and recording

string-arranger and composer Bill Ryder-Jones has had a career spanning 15 years

a celebration

with intricate production and adventurous arrangements underpinning thoughtful musings on identity

The Moon & The Melodies (Vinyl) BNPL Excluded They explored new approaches toThe 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 signalled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take