{"title":"Beggars","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"cocteau-twins-head-over-heels-vinyl","title":"Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uO8_e4aUf-A?si=o4aL65-ELMLIKIpK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCocteau Twins released their second album, 1983's \u003cem\u003eHead Over Heels\u003c\/em\u003e, following their first bass player's departure, and came close to reinventing themselves. Songs like 'Sugar Hiccup' and the brilliantly named 'Glass Candle Grenades,' with their swooping vocals, clattering percussion, and vibrant guitars, go a long way to lightening the downbeat mood cast on the band's previous album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandouts include 'The Tinderbox (Of A Heart)', which is fleshed out with synthesized orchestral strings and multilayered vocal tracks; the strange, barreling, music-hall quality of 'Multifoiled'; and the crunching, heavily echoed 'Musette And Drums', which features Elizabeth Fraser's vocals at both their most commanding and most elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguably the best track is the spectacular 'In The Gold Dust Rush,' which highlights Robin Guthrie's multiple guitar effects to create an enveloping cocoon, broken only by shards of distortion. the underlying combination of basic song structures, ethereal vocals, and effects make \u003cem\u003eHead Over Heels\u003c\/em\u003e probably the best place to start investigating Cocteau Twins' unique sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Mama Was Moth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive Ten Fiftyfold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSugar Hiccup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Our Angelhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlass Candle Grenades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn The Gold Dust Rush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tinderbox (Of A Heart)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultifoiled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Love Paramour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusette And Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"4ad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31975500480627,"sku":"CAD3709","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/coctreau-twins-head_over-heels.jpg?v=1707381937"}],"url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/collections\/beggars.oembed","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}