Cocteau Twins - Milk and Kisses

The Cocteau Twins Milk and Kisses vinyl album reissue.

By the early 90s, the Cocteau Twins had just released their most successful album, the commercial Heaven or Las Vegas, after which they moved to Mercury imprint Fontana, joining the likes of The Fall and the House Of Love.

Although not intended so at the time, Milk and Kisses – released in March 1996 – became the final album issued the group. The trio worked separately but effectively – Raymonde would work in the daytime, Guthrie at night, leaving Fraser to add her vocals. Because of the aftershocks of her split with Guthrie, lyrics came easy to her. Led by the beautiful, hushed Top 30 single Tishbite and containing fan favourites Violane and Eperdu, Milk and Kisses has tended to be overlooked within the group's canon, and therefore is ripe for investigation. Although work had begun on a follow up album to Milk and Kisses, the Cocteau Twins split up in 1997.