Heaven Or Las Vegas

incredible album, one of my favorites I've gotten from this list. How did I sleep on Cocteau Twins??

Great album

It's nice and cozy, dreamy and I like how it feels so chill. Listened to this album as background music while doing chores and it was perfect. 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Cherry-coloured Funk — Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Nice dream pop - not my usual but enjoyed it. Think I’ll discover more on subsequent listens

Well, my shoes have been thoroughly gazed at and I didn’t entirely enjoy it. Bonus point for some of it being in French

Cocteau Twin er på shortlisten over tidenes beste band. De vant 80-tallet (for alt det pene jeg har sagt om the Smiths, så er Cocteau Twins et like poppa, men mye mer grensesprengende band) og la grunnlaget for at 90-tallet produserte så mye god musikk som det gjorde. Heaven or Las Vegas er deres siste store statement, og i manges øyne deres magnum opus, og det virker helt effortless hvordan de bare åpnet det nye tiåret med perfeksjon. Treasure var mitt første møte med Twins. Jeg var allerede kjent med det som var verdt å bli kjent med av 90-tallets shoegaze og dream pop band, men å høre Treasure var ikke noe mindre øyeåpnende enn å høre Loveless; på mange måter tror jeg det var mer radikalt. At det gikk an å lage så abstrakt, moody, perfekt pop-musikk... Et av de viktigste albumene som noensinne er laget, men det kan vi komme tilbake til når den dukker opp. Heaven or Las Vegas tok det meg dog litt lenger å varme meg opp til, som er litt ironisk, for lydbildet er ikke overveldene, kaldt, og alien som Treasure, men varmt og innbydende; tittelsporet, for å ta et av høydepunktene fra skiva, har noe av det mest beroliggende gitarspillet jeg noensinne har hørt. Halve tracklisten er allerede på shortlisten over tidenes beste låter noensinne, og det er en liste i vekst. For kun et par uker siden passerte Wolf In the Breast uprovosert forbi mitt sinns retina og utmerket seg som vel så bra som Cherry-Coloured Funk, Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas, og Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires. Hvilken låt blir den neste? Nå satt jeg på Fittepolitikk igjen bare fordi det er gøy tittel, og faen, det er ikke umulig at denne også kommer til å vokse med meg, for det er et sånt type album. Idag vet jeg ikke lenger om Treasure er bedre enn Heaven or Las Vegas. Men det er til syvende og sist et irrelevant poeng; akkurat som at det er meningsløst å sette Richard D. James opp imot Mozart -- to musikalske størrelser som er helt uforenelige med atonistiske hierarchier -- er disse to skivene til Twins objecter som er så unike & fullkomne at de nærmeste står som platonske milepæler i mediasphæren -- untouchable, uoppnåelige, uimmiterbare fakler som vil fortsette å radiere brillians til menneskeheten går sin undergang.

Nydelig skrevet, nydelig fremført og nydelig produsert. Visste jeg var fan av dreampop, men ikke at jeg var så fan. Dessverre har jeg utsatt Cocteau Twins altfor lenge, for dette er nok en ny favoritt fra dette prosjektet.

Passer perfekt til en lat romjulssøndag!

Very okay for me. I know it’s technically good but I don’t think it’s for me. 5/10.

Solid

This.

really good shoegaze, i'll be listening to this one again

Everything I loved on Treasure done even better. I could listen to Cherry Coloured Funk all day. The vocals are just entrancing. The guitar tone on the title track is great. Love this whole thing.

Catchy but not amazing

I feel as if mushrooms or some other psychedelic may be required to fully appreciate this album. Further research required.

This is a lot more my speed. I’ve loved their song Heaven or Las Vegas for a long time but hadn’t listened to this whole album ever, and I’m wondering now why I never did. I don’t know if Cocteau Twins qualify as “shoegaze” but it gives me all the shoegaze vibes and I love it. It’s something I would (and will) listen to regularly. There are a few tracks on here that I kind of have to hold around the edges because they’re not totally my taste but the album is still great overall.

fuck it got me. album cover font lookin like its gonna tell me to open up a couple cans of mushrooms and microwave them, but it got me.

i was so productive with this album playing, i think it hypothesized me.

beautiful vibes

I was confused when the lyrics for this were no more comprehensible than the yesterday's album by a band from Mali. I still enjoyed the music though - something pleasing about the Cocteaus.

Very sooth sounding album. Euphoric at times!

They pretty much founded the genre of dream pop with this. Absolutely stunning album and one I can always come back to without ever getting bored.

nice and depressing. Revision fuel in the library

Never really paid much attention to the cocteau twins before but really enjoyed it ! Dreamy proto shoegaze :)

Great album. Had already heard it before and I really like other stuff by the twins as well. Also pretty neat that I'll be going to Las Vegas in the next couple of weeks.

This is a hard one. I really liked them when they came out, we listened to them all the time in college, but after the 3rd song, albeit great, we'd get tired of their sound. I still like hearing certain tracks but never a whole album : )

I never really listened much to this band, but I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this particular album. Her vocals and some of the harmonies are really good. Minus a star because they overuse a dreamy echo effect and you can’t understand the lyrics at all.

This one is like a train ride. The melodic rocking back and forth as you glide forward towards somewhere far away. Somewhere untraveled. While the outside landscape feels fresh and new, the inside is familiar and comforting.

So much to see with nothing specific. An amazing 37 minutes away from the sturm and drang. More heaven than Las Vegas.

Day 117 A lovely surprise this one. For some reason I thought Cocteau Twins were a folksy acoustic band, I ended up really really enjoying this and will be checking out the rest of their discography. 8/10 Highlights Heaven or Las Vegas I wear your Ring Wolf in the breast

I really liked the style of this album. I wasn't familiar with "Cocteau Twins" at all, but will be gladly diving deeper into their repertoire.

Reminds me of a less intense/industrial version of Death in Vegas.

I seem to enjoy reading the bad reviews of music I like more than the positive ones. It's funny, Cocteaus' records are so old now I forget that the lack of discernible lyrics can still irritate people so much. There's Cocteau Twins records I prefer because it can feel on this one that they had almost perfected their sound too much just before Britpop came along and dulled all the colours for everyone. Still beautiful though. Still five stars.

There are actually people on here that listen to this and say "yeah this is a one star album". Fucked up. It should be physically impossible to give this anything lower than a four. This is an all-time great. Favorite track: Heaven Or Las Vegas 4.5/5

Ethereal AF. The kind of music I really liked as a teen but never bought on cassette and kind of forgot about. Album holds up all the way through.

Mid 2.5/5

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Floating and dreamy throughout, with a lush, hazy atmosphere that feels almost weightless. The vocals come through more as texture than lyrics, and the whole album feels like being immersed in sound. It reminded me of a mix between The Cranberries’ warmth and The Cure’s moodiness. “Heaven or Las Vegas” was the clear standout track for me. Beautiful and hypnotic, even if some of the other songs blur together on a first listen.

*1990. *This is so incredibly 80s. *I like this style a lot, but nothing about this album/band particularly stands out. RATING - 6.5/10

One of my favourites bliss

Onbegrijpelijke vrouw

's alright. 3/5

Mellow. Chill. Good study music

virkelig lækkert

Den her plade gør rigtig meget som jeg rigtig godt kan lide! Man burde jo nok høre noget mere Cocteau Twins.

Awesome opener. The genre and sound is very nice!

I had no reason to like this album but it really stood out for me. Did not understand a single word but I loved the sound.

Another one that I've always meant to gove a listen. Unfortunately it easily becomes wallpaper if you just put it on while working , like I did. Interesting though.

I had heard some of their earlier stuff but this was the first time listening to this album. I really enjoyed it, I can foresee putting this on when I need something chill to listen to when focusing on work. Very dreamy, very vibey.

such an awesome and ethereal sounding dream pop album. i love how it all blends together, it makes it feel like a piece of music instead of individual songs. the backtrack throughout is great and the vocals are beautiful (despite not really knowing what's being said the majority of the time). an album i've listened to many times and will revisit many more times

Lots of cool sounds, ambient texture, pop sensibility. Like the Smiths meet ABBA. Proto Melody’s Echo Chamber.

Can't stand the production. Too washy and verby for me. It is very of it's time.

Hum

topim se bukvalno, remek delo

Had a privilege to listen to this angelic voice live <3

Sonically ok, but I couldnt understand a word they were singing. I thought I would like it more on second listen but I didn't. It's not bad enough for a 2 though

No thanks

Favorite track(s): Pitch the Baby, Fifty-Fifty Clown, Heaven or Las Vegas, Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Nice and chill record

Very nice dream pop! 4.5 rounded down to 4, very vibey

A classic

A enjoyed this. A vocal style I enjoyed and some interesting lyrics which made this an interesting listen. Worth checking out.

Len Houmous once married twins. They were locally known as the Cock Toe Twins due to a rare genetic mutation where they had actual cocks for toes. Len used to love a foot job from them. 5.0 5/10 Heaven or Las Vegas

Elevator music from the future.

Not sure if this will be a regular rotation item for me but very nice and calming to listen to while I'm working or just vibing

The music is catchy and interesting but the mix is awful so far Its a really floaty pop sound but the mids are so loud on the synths its grating and overtaking the mix And this is the remastered version oof Couldnt finish the album even it was too harsh to listen to

I like the writing, and I like the vocals. All the vocal ornaments are clean and pretty. But I find it hard to get past the reverb and the overwhelming highs in the mix. I think if it were the same songs mixed more like a Sabrina Carpenter album, I would like it a lot more. Kind of has a similar vibe to the Cranberries, which I enjoy, but the mixing is giving me sensory overload. 2.5

Oh this is vibey right off the bat. Super dreamy first song. Guitar effects are pretty neat for the first three songs. I find the drum tone a bit too reverb, feels like bad 80s drums. Compositionally these songs are so different than what I typically hear. The first song I like, it was interesting and balanced, kicked off the album well. The others have been pretty bleh. As much as I’ve never been someone to deeply and consciously listen to lyrics, for some reason my brain turns that off, I usually just listen to vocal melody and cadence. I didn’t like these vocals. This doesn’t sound like it’s in English but just looked up lyrics, it is. I just realized it’s a heavy Scottish accent, it becomes more clear as the album goes on. The vocal delivery and performance feel disjointed from the music to me. Songs 4 and 5 6, I thought for a moment oh maybe this will be good from the music intro but then the chord changes ruin it for me. I just really don’t care for it. And the vocal melodies overtop, nah, not it. I Wear Your Ring was foul lol. The harmonics in Road, River and Rail were not working for me. Seems like there’s key changes in Frou-frou song, and the instruments seem to lag with catching up to the vocals, when they finally do it’s not a bad outro. Overall, it feels very 90s. First song was pretty cool, I can imagine popping that cd into a system and listening back in the 90s, but the rest of the album sharply went downhill for me. Went back to listen to the first song, cherry coloured funk, and it still stands as the best song on the album to me, still not something I’ll be adding to my playlists. To have honest I wish I could have just stopped there, listening to the rest of the album skewed how I hear that first song for sure. 2.5/5 as an album but the first song gets a 3.5

I really dig this album. Imagine if the 80s had a sound that wasn't cheesy. Some of the sounds and songwriting could be viewed as old but I don't care I love it. The mix is like a warm wash, but sparkly. The vocals are beautiful. Like imagine if you took the sounds from the 80s and early 90s that were actually good sounding and forged them into an album. This would be it. I'm embarrassed I thought these guys were french- they're scottish lmao. I actually really love this album. Such a great dreamscape feeling. Nostalgic. Really intriguing and mystical album. I really dig it. solid 4.5 Gonna be relistening to this whole album

Forgot how much I like this band.

so excited to get this, the english-gibberish mix does wear on you in a full listen but instrumentally such an interesting project.

A lot of the songs sounded the same and it has that iconic 90s whiny girl vocalist (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). I enjoyed my listen even though nothing in particular really stood out.

Perfect. 10/10

At least it was only 37 minutes long.

Lush guitar parts and heavenly vocals. I always forget about how great this group is.

No había escuchado este disco. En realidad creo que a los Cocteau Twins siempre los he conocido de nombre, y este álbum ha sido una grata sorpresa. He tenido que buscar información porque escuchaba a la vocalista cantar en algo que parecía inglés pero no pillaba nada y he descubierto que lo que hace es glosolalia, es decir, cantar como si realmente fuera un lengua sin existir tal idioma. La verdad es que funciona, y puedo decir que es de los mejores discos de dream pop que me he encontrado nunca.

Very surprised I hadn't heard of this

This is a classic for me already. A great listen on an early morning drive in to the city.

I guess I didn’t get it. It felt pretty meh to me, but based on the reviews I almost (almost) want to give it another listen.

First track has the word funk in the title without any funk. Not a good start to this 90s laden album. Talking about this album with a friend, he most eloquently articulated that this album is "meh..." Agreed.

Perfection

Already love this record, need to do another spin anyways.

I've tried several times over the years to listen to the full album. This was the first time I made it through. I think I'm supposed to like this album….like really like it. But I don't. Can't put my finger on it. It's good, just not OMG good. Maybe it's a grower, we'll see

Enjoyed this one. Haven't heard.

This music all sounds the same.

Love this album! Really draws you in - interesting to listen to and also fun and artistic and catchy ! Deserves to be on this list deserves 5 stars - always something new to hear on a relisten

Before their time. So majestic with amazing instrumentals. Fav album so far.

wholesome <3

Dreamy, and more so for its language.

Not my thing.

The instrumentals are good, but that awful lyrical cadence throws me off (2.5-3)

Gave me slight Twin Peaks vibes.

I didn't know what to expect going into this, but I was delightfully surprised. I don't mind that I can't understand a word they're saying, the vibes are immaculate and I even went back to replay a few of them. Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsommer Fires is a really impactful closing track.

Unique and ethereal. Listened while talking the dog on a walk when it was 35 degrees, which felt fitting. Vocals are just another instrument to me, so I don’t care that half the lyrics are unintelligible.

There might be some English on this album? 80s Beach House with fewer melodic elements.

Now this I liked! Didn’t much care for the last Cocteau Twins album I got, but this was more like I was expecting. Atmospheric dream pop with beautiful vocals and nice choruses. Like funkier The Sundays. Listened to this many times yesterday, great stuff.

It's not terrible, but it's dreary and very 1990s.

It feels like floating along a cold spring breeze. It’s dreamy, bright, hazy, and emotional. Her vocals feel more like another instrument here, very melodic, not really lyric-focused since it’s hard to understand the words. However even if you can’t always tell what’s being sung, I think the whole aim of this album is to feel everything rather than focus on the lyrics. The production is lush and ethereal. Everything blends together in the mix, all the reverb-soaked instruments melting into one haze. It’s one of those albums where you get lost in the atmosphere, and it leaves you with a sense of nostalgia. A timeless classic, and an essential dream pop album. It’s a very good dream-pop album, though at times it felt like one long song rather than ten different ones. That can be both good and bad, most of the songs sound similar, but honestly it’s one very good long song. :) Best tracks: Cherry-Coloured Funk, Pitch the Baby, Iceblink Luck, Heaven or Las Vegas, Fotzepolitic, Road, River & Rail, and Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Flies.

When I bought this album at a record store the guy working there said, “what a choice huh? Heaven or Las Vegas!” And I just replied, “ya, what a choice,” and nothing else because I have no social skills and can’t hold a normal conversation. Anyway, great album 5/5

Love the Cocteau Twins - even after all these years.

Lovely listen

Har aldrig hört talas om detta bandet och visste inte alls vad jag gav mig in på. Men - jag gillar det. Det är melodiskt och drömmigt. Skulle kunna sätta på igen och hade kunnat ha på vinyl.

En okänd grupp för mig. Jag gillar titeln på plattan. Jag har ett problem efter en lyssning. I mina öron låter allt lite samey. Jag har svårt att höra vart en låt slutar och nästa börjar om jag lyssnar passivt. Jag kan förstå vad gruppen försökte göra med detta album. Det är luftigt, spaceigt och ambienceigt, eller vad man ska kalla det. Och man lyckas I guess. Det låter bra tycker jag. Men allt är för intetsägande för mina öron. Kul att ha bekantat mig med Coctau Twins men fler snurr blir det nog inte för mig.

ok, but didnt like the voice

Complete surprise. Enjoyed the melodies (not sure about all the lyrics), but a keeper.

A little dreamy at times but overall better than expected, sound production was solid.

Shiny dream pop that has a number of great highs but for me right now I think maybe lacks a little variety in sound.

It is a shame that of all the music in the world that could have made the list I keep having to listen to crap.

Decent, liked the band years ago - not due on this one niw, sounds dated.

Cocteau Twins on aina kuulostanut siltä, että mun pitäis tykätä tosi paljon, mutta tykkään vain vähän. Nättiähän tämä, mutta joku raapivuus puuttuu, mikä monesta muusta shoegazesta tekee sydäntämurskaavaa.

Vittu tälläsessä syksyn melankoliassa tää jotenkin tuntuu tosi surulliselta vaikkei ehkä toisessa mielentilassa sitä olisi. Mitä siellä skoteissa laitetaan veteen kun kaikki tällaiset bändit tulee sieltä. Paikoitellen toimii aika hienostikin. Vaikee tätä on ehkä rockiksi sillai ajatella, mutta jotain indiempää fiilistelyy! 3/5

avaushittiraidan ulkopuolella vähän liian itseään toistavaa. 3/5

no lyrics but still sounds heavenly oh yeah

Pretty good

Short and sweet, beautiful harmonies, ethereal dark shoegazy vibes. Rate this

This is lovely

good vibes, enjoyable and good hooks

dug it enough for w few listens and dug up a few additional Cocteau Twins albums while I did

Ethereal and relaxing, while missing the flair of some other bands of the era

A very 90s-sounding album. Very not for me.

It had something that was a bit annoying, but overal it was an oke album

This was ok. Not 100% my style, but it was fine and I could pick out some elements that I enjoyed. I don’t know that I would ever go back to it, and honestly it’s one of those albums that I guess I just don’t get. Like why is it on this list? What makes people love this record?

I was not a fan of the twins in the 80s northern 90s back then we would call that music experimental. Björk put out some great music with a similar style but harder hitting melodies and instruments. 30 years later, I’m still not a fan

An album I know & love, from the very outset I’m transported into an altered dream world. This is Cocteau Twins’ materpiece but also accessible a great introduction. I love shoegaze but this is not shoegaze, it’s not dream pop, this is ‘skygaze’ they created something more unique, dreamy but more uplifting. We played this over & over when our baby was born, happy memories. A mention for the cover art which looks how the music sounds. Where do you start with the vocals, stunning. I love the way Liz Frazer’s lyrics drift in & out of actual language & the harmonies are insane. But it’s not done in a theatrical ott way like Kate Bush, this is magical. This is warm, red, melodic, enveloping womb-like enchanting music. Some of the production has aged it but no surprise given when it came out 1990. It’s really difficult to make uplifting dreamy music but this is a rare find. Vocals are classical at times. Also a note to the instruments - it’s brilliant & textural but they’ve kept it background to let Liz’s vocals shine. This is exactly the music that should be in this project, I would love to discover this.

This is such a unique album. It’s so lush and intriguing. Definitely one that has stuck over the years, despite me not really connecting with some of their other albums. I can’t give it anything other than a 5.

Slow, not memorable

This album is suitable for playing to your rabbits in their hutches to calm them down. I can’t think of any more suitable times when you might want to put the 35 mins into listening. There is no best track as it all sounded like one long song which lasted 35 mins Sorry Cocteau twins it’s not for me I enjoyed Leibach’s album Opus Dei more than this and that’s saying something.

# Album Name: Heaven or Las Vegas # Artist: Cocteau Twins # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: No bad. Just mid # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? meh

Ethereal and whimsical songs, with a hint of 80's sinth pop. Or, the other way around. Excellent anyway!

Dream pop - I had a hard time actually understanding the lyrics but I did like the floaty quality of the music. I can see similarities between Chappel Roans ""The Subway"" in both music and singing voice.

I remember listening to some of their stuff back in the day, but can't say I remember much of it. I like the song "Pitch the Baby" more than "Cherry-coloured Funk". Really can go forever without hearing the first track again. It wasn't awful in a "ugh this is terrible" way, but I just did not like it. However, based on just these 2 tracks, I'm thinking one listen is all I will ever need of this album. "Iceblink Luck" is worse than track 1. I'm trying real hard not to skip it, but I may fail. Not sure I'll make it through all 10 tracks. I did make it through all 10 tracks. They range from okay to nope and overall, forgetable.

Absolutely sensational and an exquisite listening experience. Not sure what the music is about and sometimes can't even recognise what language it's in, but that doesn't matter, everything is communicated through the voice and instruments. Saved it so I can listen to it several times and have definitely been prompted to look further into the meaning, which I guess what good albums are all about. But even without that, just hearing the album is an absolute joy, I can easily see it become one of my favourites, feels like a soundtrack to a beautiful day.

Its pleasant. Its very evocative. I even understood some of the words Liz was singing which I cannot say about Garlands. Its also very 80s sounding.

Meh

Soothing soft music. Nothing crazy but good! 5.9/10

(4.5)

Otherworldly (4.5)

Indie rock. Starts slow, simple and whiny, like most all indie. Gets better as she goes.

I didn't get on with that very much... Not my thing.

An immaculate sounding album. Shame it doesn’t mean a damn thing.

Hypnotic vibe - very cool album to listen to on a rainy day

wish i had someone to makeout with to this album

80s synth pop gets cozy with Renaissance polyphony. The complex and multi-stranded songs are laudable, but I like the more straightforward song songs where I can hear Fraser's voice up in the mix, like Iceblink Luck or Heaven or Las Vegas. My housemate and long time associate is huge Cocteau Twins fan, so I will be in trouble if I don't overrate this one.

Melodic and pleasant but didn’t really stand out for me.

It was catchy

Good vibey electronic music

Their most mainstream album, and while still very good, their earlier works like treasure and the moon and the melodies stand High above this one

Nossa, que álbum perfeito!

Seems good, maybe on a few listens I would get into it a lot Will I listen to again: 80%

This group was never on my radar although I am familiar with Pearly-Dewdrops Drops (not sure where I first heard it). Not an album I'd seek out again.

A really pleasant surprise, I can see where a lot of the distortion that made shoegaze a thing in this album but I like this a lot more, a total vibe that I can throw on any times, a lot of people complaining about the lyrics being indecipherable are a bit overblown but if you consider lyrics an instrument then to me they add to the overall product. A great overall atmosphere with every song deserving a spot on the album. Definitely a new regular of mine with a lot of songs going onto my playlists

Just kinda passed by. Nothing really stuck.

Nice, parfait pour s'endormir et rêvasser. Parfois on comprend rien aux paroles par contre.

Ethereal dream pop. I wrote on Treasure that it was "enjoyable but not a revelation" and that's true for this one too, although (going off memory) I think this one's an improvement.

[+] Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fire Não conhecia os artistas para além do nome. Dream Pop bem aconchegante. 3,5/5

Very reminiscent of shoegaze and alt rock – which is interesting as neither genre was quite mainstream yet in 1990. I love the smooth, clear quality of the vocals and the fact that (in many tracks) you can't really make out the lyrics if you aren't paying attention. The close harmonies throughout the album, as well as the fast vibrato, remind me of ABBA if they'd taken a rockier, gazier approach to their early 80s material. (I wonder if that's a common comparison.) Both Iceblink Luck and the title track can reasonably be described in this way, but that would be understating their grandeur and complexity. The songs on this album are heavy as heck, something that ABBA never quite achieved. Pitch the Baby is maybe the most lighthearted song, insofar as it grooves really well and the bassline jumps around between various bluesy notes. Compositionally a disco/post-disco track, which is perhaps a bold move for 1990 when the disco genre had long fallen out of favour. Cherry-coloured Funk probably has the coolest, most memorable vocal on the album. Those high notes in the chorus are great. The final track, Frou-frou Foxes, is strong for the same reason. What's consistent in all tracks is the 80s "production sheen", heard very prominently in the synths, that makes the whole record distinctly worse than it could be. And the textures are very similar between tracks (there isn't much variation in genres or in instruments used. no acoustic tracks, no ballads, etc.), meaning the album doesn't flow particularly well. There isn't the sense of up-and-down, of adventure, you would hope to find in an album. 3/5 Key tracks: Cherry-coloured Funk, Pitch The Baby, Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires

Holy peak

1, not my thing

holy fuck

I don't believe dream pop gets better than this. Beautiful, ethereal stuff. Favorite track: Heaven or Las Vegas

This one surprised me a bit. More listenable than i anticipated.

This was fun. I'm not singing along to any of the songs, but I would definitely listen to it again.

Muy chic pop para mí, siento que iría perfecto en Neon Demon o algo super dreamy. Perdónenme Cocteau Twins, prometo escuchar más de sus trabajos para entenderles.

At first listen I found it a very unique sound. As I got farther in, it all sounded the same. Maybe it would have been much more palatable if you could understand the words in the songs.

Iceblink luck is an amazing song but this kind of pop was mastered by the sundays and this just isn't in the same realm. File with the cure as a potential good idea that should have never have got further.

Kind of reminds a little of the a mix of the cranberries and the rankin family. With the harmonies similar to the rankin family and the sound more like the cranberries. Good album overall though. Enjoyed the use of synthesizers and what sounds like a good drum loop.

This stuff is starting to grow on me. Solid music. I really enjoyed the vocals and the overall uplifting feel of this album

Overall, not my jam

One of THE best dream pop albums I can name. 3 seconds into this album your already ascending. The last 2 songs are a little less interesting, but I'm giving this a 5 just by virtue of how often I come back to this album.

Quite ethereal, but not the best thing in the world.

Great sound.

This album sounds like an epilogue of an ABBA musical.

Very beautiful, haunting and surprisingly guitar-driven shoegaze that just lacks that killer edge to tip over into a favourite.

Didn’t get to listen to all of it but seemed ok

One of the only "shoe gaze" or whatever you call it bands that I'm into and this is easily my favorite album of theirs. No filler and just stays strong throughout the whole thing

Album was fine. No super high spots though.

91/1089 the enunciation isn’t the clearest but that isn’t stopping me from vibing with this project, some really ethereal and cathartic synthy production here that i greatly appreciate 5 stars or 83/100

Nice morning music.

Meh

Dreamy, jangly, ethereal.

beautiful

I did not care for this at all.

Wonderful dreamy music from the time when we made a club magazine with a stencil machine.

A pure 3 star experience to me. It’s good, I enjoyed listening, there was nothing objectionable, it just wasn’t Up My Alley or Surprising enough to get the 4 star bump.

For over 30 years I've tried to appreciate this album or at least understand why so many people love. Still don't see it, it's boring

enjoyed pretty much every song on this one. i love the singing voice

This was very cool! Very vibey and ephemeral. Enjoyed "Cherry-coloured Funk" "Pitch The Baby" "Iceblink Luck" and "Heaven or Las Vegas" the most.

Not bad, pretty chilly. Ryan says they're not bad.

No thank you.

I love this album. Lush sounds and ethereal vocals. Dreamlike. What's not to like.

Very cool, layered 80s sound. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

I remember when I first heard about this album. It's popular in certain alt circles, the ones that also enjoy Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and in my case - anything Drain Gang related. I also recall feeling very indifferent about this album... and upon relisten I feel exactly the same way. It's actually similar to Depeche Mode's Violator in that it's an album from 1990... which sounds like it's from the 80s. It's a weird example but I've been thinking about some late 1980s albums which sound ahead of their time, in that they have a 90s sound (like The Stone Roses's self-titled album - The Stone Roses). This is the opposite. I don't really like Elizabeth Fraser's vocals, which definitely impacts my enjoyment of the album, and every track on the album kinda blends together in a forgettable way. There's the same effect applied to the vocals and I find that the guitar gets old pretty quickly. Fifty-Fifty Clown is the stand-out track to me, since it at least distinguishes itself with an interesting synth usage. I'm downgrading this one to a 2.5 (from 3) because my complaints with this one are pretty similar to that of Violator.

Melodias delirantes, que parecem derreter na cabeça do ouvinte. Cantos indecifráveis e impenetráveis. Percussão trancadíssima. Isso aqui é Música, com M maiusculo. O suprassumo da destilação e filtração de sons e texturas. Deus está neste disco. É o tipo de disco que você simplesmente fecha os olhos e deixa te levar. Para onde? Paraíso e Las Vegas? Horizonte angelical infinito… Tudo que há e que nunca foi. É um disco ethereal demais para ser descrito por meras palavras. Dá pra tentar, é claro. As comparações mais óbvias são Siouxsie Sioux no quesito vocal, com uma pitada de Kate Bush. Combinação de peso, e a forma na qual ela é empenhada é simplesmente de tirar o fôlego. Os instrumentos possuem textura, tudo no lugar certo, cria-se imagens vivas, cores saturadas. O tipo de música que te faz chapar até quando está sóbrio. E se estiver sob o efeito de alguma coisa… Meu amigo… Segure-se pois será uma viagem e tanto. Além de canções brilhantes, este disco possui também uma sequenciação brilhante. Não há um segundo desperdiçado, não há nada que se assemelhe a filler. O álbum não fica repetitivo, mesmo se mantendo em timbres familiares por toda sua duração. Não é difícil ver porquê, é tudo angelical, não têm como se cansar. Me lembra o primeiro gole de café quente numa manhã fria. Me lembra o Sol atravessando pelas frestas da janela do quarto. Me remete imagens lindas de coisas divinas. Me lembra amor e romance. Ajuda que eu naturalmente sinto uma certa sinestesia com texturas, ambientes e espaços físicos quando ouço música. Mas este disco leva essa sensação para níveis estratosféricos. Sei lá, eu tentei escrever algo, mas que nem eu disse, a magia por trás dessas canções é indecifrável e inominável. Com certa, sem sombra de dúvida, este é um álbum que todo mundo deve ouvir antes de morrer, ao menos uma vez. Acredito que suas características extravagantes não seja do gosto de absolutamente toda pessoa, entendo quem não gosta do álbum, mas vale a pena experimentar, porque se ele te pegar você não será o mesmo. 5/5

Nice ambiance. Not sure anything really stuck with me.

This album is quite interesting, not my cup of tea but I will not deny that I enjoyed it. It's very ethereal, and I liked it so much. I wouldn't probably listen to it again but it wasn't bad at all.

This is what it sounds like when the dentist cranks the nitrous oxide up to eleven. That can be good or bad depending on how long they're drilling.

I must say, I knew this album, front to back, fully expected to see it in this list. This is truly an all time great album, colorful, extremely tight and always interesting. It feels like a band at the height of their powers, owning their sound. It is very much experimental and froward thinking, the writing especially is interesting, it is all about the sounds, all about how words fit and ring in your hear, creating a poem in a very surrealist way. It creates a kaleidoscope of very "them" sounds and everything feels dreamy. I think this album is a lot more influential than people give it credit for, I often hear it in productions of today. It has waves, places to go in a self containing world, ambition and heart, it is quite simply, one of the best album I ever heard.

Väga mõnus kuulamine

Like the last Cocteau Twins album this was entirely different from anything else on the list and equally as pleasant.

I had to sit on this review for a few days to really get my thoughts in on this album. It’s brilliant shoegaze, a genre which I personally have fallen in love with over the last few years, and especially this year when I listened to Loveless as the first album of my year. This doesn’t hit to the same highs as loveless, but the overall quality of the album easily makes it something I’ve already returned too. It’s more pop oriented rather then the average Shoegaze album, but it helps it rather then diminishes it. Plus the vocals being kinda washy and not that audible is actually amazing, an audio representation of how I listen to vocals in music.

From a listening perspective, I'm surprised that this album isn't on the list for the most controversial albums because I can definitely hear it clicking with people's taste buds or absolutely hating everything about this album. For me, I was allured by the mixture of a dreamy rock album with atmospheric vocals and a more concrete and polished backing beat. Though honestly, whilst I was fascinated by this, it didn't gel with me, and it felt a bit repetitive and soulless by the end. Very glad I listened to it though.

I expected to hate this, just more whiny 90s new wave. But this album is Great. I may have to bump this up to a 5.

Didn't really move me one way or the other. Pleasant music for the background of a vegan café or something.

I think it was a cool type of music I couldn't really tell what they were saying but I think it was pretty good.

This shoegaze hypno-pop kinda music can hit real nice with the right mood-enhancing cocktail, but doesn’t work as well on a sober school night. That said, I’ve heard way waaaay worse versions than this.

I have a lot of respect for this band and the approximately 200 genres they have directly influenced

Ни одного скипа. Мой идеальный альбом на любой случай жизни. Лучшая песня - Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires.

Pretty bland

I have no idea what I listened to (I swear none of it was english) but it sounded really nice and I'll definitely listen again.

Schön und interessant. Werd ich nochmal hören.

5/5 undeniable, great, dreamy

Know the name, never listened before - let’s see… Kinda meh-ball for me. A bit wet, don’t love the box and instruments feel a bit rough and basic. Not a great mix either. Yeh, don’t like the effects on the vox, the gated drums and instruments in general. Again, terrible mix. And didn’t get the reviews about not being able to tell the language they are singing in or words, but now I get it. Yep, ready for this to finish (2.5)

Loved this.

Impeccable atmosphere. I don’t think I want or need another shoegaze/dream pop album, this is the top

Felt like the potential to be good was there, just came short

i’m already a cocteau twins fan so i’m mega biased but this album is so good, one of the best albums of the 90s and perhaps of all time

Beautiful beautiful record. Everything about this is wonderful.

Second album du groupe après 'Treasure' que je possède apprécie beaucoup (noté 4/5). Je connais quelques morceaux de ce nouvel album, mais je ne l'ai jamais écouté en entier. Et bien je le trouve très bon ! J'aime toujours beaucoup la voix et la façon de chanter d'Elizabeth Fraser, et l'accompagnement n'est pas en reste. L'album va rejoindre ma collection, mais pas avec la note maximale (mon album préféré du groupe reste toujours 'Victorialand' - pas dans la liste). =>4/5

You know when you can hear a certain time though music? This just sounds like the early 90s to me. This just isn't for me though. It all kind of sounds the same and it's not something I would seek out or listen to again. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

Love these girls - great album first listen and will listen again. They probably don’t make a high rotation sound, something for a bit of nostalgia.

Albums like this remind me of how old "modern" is if that makes sense. Current shoegaze/dream & ethereal wave artists are still trying to capture what Cocteau Twins did here. Playing this as the weather has started to cool down, and the leaves fall adds another element to the experience, Fall is a nostalgic season and this is pure nostalgia. On the note of nostalgia, I've been reading the late Mark Fisher's work on Post Punk and Modernism. This album is a great example of what Fisher was theorizing around hauntology and our cultures' fixation on nostalgia and newness. This is what makes the 90s so exceptional for so many - it was an innovative time that successfully built on the foundations of the past but conceptualized new futures. This idea of modern hauntology is why the 90s is able to successfully sound new - even today. Elizabeth Fraser's vocals, are mixed into the track in a powerful way. They come to the forefront of the instrumentals, but also build out this dream-like soundscape that the percussion solidifies. Its accessible as most pop songs are, and structured in the same way, but also feels so outside of traditional pop.

It's not even a real language. Just random noises over a dreamy airy track. The songs are pretty much nothing. Best song: Wolf In The Breast

Good music to play for the goth dommy mommies

but they aren't twins? what da heck

Spectacular. Not a single quibble on songwriting, performances, or production. Just gorgeous stuff. Still the gold standard for dream pop. Sorry Beach House.

If aliens ever come to Earth, this is the album we should play them. It's already in their language.

It's got a nice dreamy vibe with the vocals and guitar, but otherwise is just a slightly above average new wave album. Even if it was a nice formula, everything sounded too much alike

Honestly good Chill 8/10

Huh. This album cover and name evoke classic hard rock vibes, though I can't help but notice that this thing was released in 1990. Is this gonna be an alternative album? Ooh, shoegaze. I shoulda known. I've always had an appreciation for this genre, though I've never listened to shoegaze all that much. I've borne witness to the dark path that extensive shoegazing has lead people down many a time. For what it's worth, this is a pretty good sampling of the genre. While I generally think shoegaze errs on the side of being a little head-empty, there's an impressive display of variety and liveliness on these tracks. Heaven or Las Vegas falls into a bit of a lull midway through the album, though it comes to a solid finish thanks to some good late-album tracks. The opener is quite good. The singer's voice wraps around and meshes with the reverberating atmosphere quite well. "Pitch the Baby" is an even better follow-up. Big fan of those jagged, echoing guitars, and the songwriting is quite intricate with how it plays into the instrumental. "Iceblink Luck" is my favourite song of the album. Some entrancing pop vocals make for a pretty good time. "Fotzepolitic" has a good vocal flow. They carry somewhat of a folk vibe, which is an interesting and fitting genre to pair shoegaze with. For the first time in a good while, I don't need to check the book for this album. There's a unique and intricate craft to shoegaze which goes beyond the creation process for pretty much every other genre of music. This album exemplifies that process pretty well, so I shant nitpick. Cosigned.

I love to hear it every time.

This band has always been very interesting to me. Although the lyrics don't mean anything, the music is just so dreamy and vibey, and Liz Fraser's vocals are mesmerizing. I enjoyed it.

As someone who enjoyed 80’s pop, I was surprised not to know any of the songs. It was a decent listen. On a few songs it seemed like she was singing in another language, so I tried to look at the lyrics but they were unavailable. I looked them up afterwards and learned that singing unintelligibly was her thing. :/

Ephemeral: check Atmospheric: check Understandable: not at all

I assumed this was in a different language based on the fact that I understood none of the lyrics. Then I looked them up, and it's basically just gibberish

Pas connu Ton sympa

New age drivel

I listened to this album even before starting this project, and I still love it just as much on the re-listen. It just has such a good vibe, perfect atmosphere, and a lovely listen from top to bottom. Truly an album that sounds good as an album, not just singles.

The Good: We are finally told the truth! The Bad: Didn’t know hell is was so popular… The Ugly: The freakin’ outfits being worn in hell… So, second time around for the Cocteau Twins on this list, and, truth-be-told, this album was better received by my brain than the previous one. Also, maybe I finally understand what the term shoegaze is in refers to: one gazing at one’s shoes!!! Oh well, there goes my future as a comedy writer… 3*

Dream pop, glossolalia - sounds instead of words Iceblink Luck Heaven or Las vegas

This record was not for me. I can appreciate what they've done here with the production and instrumentation. After the first track, I just couldn't get into the rest of this record. Favourite Track(s): Pitch the Baby Least Favourite Track(s): Cherry-Coloured Funk

Blissful tunes but not my bag All sounds a bit samey

Dope

Hat mich überrascht. Habe irgendwie Standardrock erwartet, das war schön träumerisch.

Let’s get weird

Me aburrió

The Cocteau Twins only recently came to my attention while reading an article of Robert Smith’s favorite underrated bands. Opening track was gorgeous. Love the falsetto singing. The lyrics are interesting in all the tracks. I like how the Twins see the world and craft their music. There’s some lulls on here but short lived and not an entire song. They appear to have been very prolific in the ‘80’s. I’ll have to dig deeper. Updated: listened to it twice and kind of obsessed. Ethereal soundscapes with heavenly voices. Consider me a fan.

2 listens, first I was thinking 5, then upon the second listen a 4. Ive heard others try to do this sound and not get it right. This was outside of what I normally listen to and maybe that was a large part of the appeal. It was refreshing.

New to me and I like it

Bello ma non come Head Over Heels, quindi tre stelle

Very repetitive, with improvised vocal melodies that provide no hook at all.

I think more listens and a different mood and I'd rate this a bit differently

- shimmery guitars and distorted drums = the Cure's Disintegration album, but dipped in a vat of molten sugar (esp the title track and the opening part of "Wolf in the Breast" -- they're like sweeter, more colorful versions of "Pictures of You") - I had a very hard time understanding the lyrics; I maybe caught one out of every 10 words. usually I'm not frustrated by this whatsoever, but I found myself getting more annoyed as the album went on. still, the effect of layering head and chest voices an octave apart in some of the songs is a cool effect that I appreciate - thinking more about the (surprising) amount of frustration I felt, I think it's because there's a little too much going on layering-wise -- I wanted to tell the other vocal tracks "quiet down, I want to hear what this one is saying first," but the fact that there were two or three different melodies with different lyrics all playing at once in a few songs was like trying to focus on a single TV in a sports bar when seven other games are playing on other screens

liked it

Very enjoyable, occasionally catchy. Good for a Sunday afternoon

Meh.

I have always found the Cocteau Twins to have great harmony but to be essentially background music. Not a fan.

Yes

Meh. Not really into this.

skroz korektno, ništa posebno, ali ne vrijeđa sluh

Carino

Ehh

Ethereal and swirling. It just has a vibe.

Nije dan za ove albume koji su me snašli, nezz zašto ih je toliko dosadnih. 2/5, 3/10

Heaven

Better than what I thought

This album never really captured my attention. It's not bad, per se, not great either. It's just kind of there. There were some songs that I liked, such as Road, River, and Rail. This sounded very Depeche Mode-like, but maybe that's because I just had DM's Violator album a few days ago. Heaven or Las Vegas reminded me of a Cure song (Pictures of You, maybe), so I liked that one as well. But nothing was terribly original or outstanding. A pretty average album.

80s ambient. Vocals are ok.

Unique

Album 904 of 1089 Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas (1990) Rating : 1 / 5 I’ve tried with this band before, and once again I just can’t find my way into their sound. Shoegaze/dream pop simply isn’t my genre, and the most apt word I can use for it is “boring.” It has a lazy, drifting feel that never really connects with me. I know this album is considered a classic within its style, and I can appreciate the layered soundscapes and Elizabeth Fraser’s ethereal vocals for what they are. But personally, it just isn’t something I enjoy. Sorry to the shoegaze fans out there — this one missed me completely.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA nada melhor do que vivenciar o heaven or las vegas durante um voo terrivelmente zoado e turbulento entre sp e bh eu jurei q ia de lost media com as belissimas camadas do dream pop mais bonito já feito esse álbum é top 10 pessoal meu, e eu nunca vou esquecer do dia que escutei cherry coloured funk pela primeira vez e a mudança de percepção musical q isso trouxe GOAT

N ´PNONON=NPNP0N´[SDOPFJKSD0OPFSDH9N IAK0PASP´DAaAAAAAAAaAaAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 5 ESTRELAS SEQUÍSSIMO dos melhor album do mundo e eu digo isso levinho: não tem outra banda fazeno um dream pop completamente etéreo dessa forma não. sem palavras. lindo demais demais demais.

Hearing this for the first time at 14 was pretty crazy. It still holds up, probably because the production is pristine. Who doesn't feel like garbled sad English sometimes? As if the metalheads who hate this actually know what's being said.

Very cool sound. I can hear a lot of people who followed in their footsteps…Beach House, Phoebe Bridgers, Mac Demarco…

I listened to this album twice, both times I enjoyed it. More of a soundtrack feel. Probably won’t listen to again.

I have always liked whatever I've heard from Cocteau Twins, and am also a big fan of a lot of the dream-pop/shoegaze that followed their lead, but I have never consumed this album all the way through and it was an incredible listen. I love the atmosphere this album provides and will definitely be revisiting. 4/5

Ik ben er niet helemaal uit wat ik van dit album vind. Sowieso een verademing om weer eens een vrouwelijke zangeres te hebben. Ik krijg soms een klein beetje ABBA vibes? Maar dan wel hun tragere ballads zeg maar. Een van de nummers heet Cherry-Coloured Funk maar helaas word er verdomd weinig gefunkt. Eerlijk? de vocalen zijn geweldig, maar ik vind de instrumentals gewoon een beetje saai? Ik had hier meer van verwacht, iets meer funk ofzo. Maar begrijp me niet verkeerd; het is opzich echt mooi en het laatste nummer is gewoon prachtig gedaan. Daar was ik echt positief over verrast, maar verder is er gewoon te veel wat niet boven prima uit komt. De muziek verveeld me niet maar eigenlijk merk ik pas bij het laatste nummer dat ik rechtop ben gaan zitten omdat mn aandacht werd gepakt. Jammer! FAVO: Frou-Frou foxes in Midsummer Fires

Enjoyable!

weichgespültes Nichts

Didn’t know the band before and I was suprised in a positive way. Nice dream pop with great arrangements.

For some reason I always thought these guys were an electronic group. Maybe their stuff was just remixed a bunch by DJs. In any case, it certainly sounds a little better as one track mixed into a DJ set of other stuff than it does in a full album of very similar stuff. Maybe I'd like it more on ecstasy, I dunno. It all has a very floaty aspect. 2/5

surprised me! Beach House & Alvvays better watch out!

Rv

Well made album. 3.5/5.0: Very Good

and the award for best album in the worst genre goes to:

Better than I expected. Love Elizabeth Fraser’s voice. Very chill. Will definitely revisit.

Not for me

The album where they finally get good at song melodies, and the one that sounds the coolest. I've always thought that Cocteau Twins were overall overrated, but this is the one that comes closest to meeting the hype.

I struggled to have a view on this album. There was nothing that grabbed me in any way, but at the same time it wasn’t shit just a bit meh

I had never listened to Cocteau Twins before and probably never will again. It sounded too much like art school wankery for me to really get through without rolling my eyes. Oddly, I had a dream (nightmare?) that there were another 7 of their albums to listen to as part of this project…

I had no idea what anyone was saying through a good chunk of this album. I like paying attention to lyrics, so it would be lovely to be able to hear them. They aren't even on Genius because it turns out someone (the band?) got grumpy they were incorrect. You know how you fix that, Cocteau Twins? Enunciate! The vocals annoyed me so much, this is getting a 1, even though it would probably have got a mid-table obscurity 2 or 3 otherwise.

Very dream like, heavy on the synth, with a slight dash of pop. Can't really say any of the tracks stood out for me though, and I don't think I'll be listening again.

Some stuff that I never realized I knew. Vibey, good sound.

Fist time listen. I’m on board.

This is #day401 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… this has to be the most idiosyncratic/avant-garde band in the world of '80s dreampop, shoegaze, post-punk, and goth. Listening to Cocteau Twins is like being awed by a melody of some unique bird amid a midnight summer forest: such a heavenly marriage of voice and instrumentals. Little is there to add when the whole affair is that mesmerizing. What can be even more wonderful, though? I guess the fact that you won't be mistaken if you choose to listen to any album by this band. This music's likely to make you float in the ether. This is a 5 out of 5. Can't wait to revisit Treasure. Looking forward to #day402.

The Cocteau’s most fully realized album with great pop tunes, their trademark atmospherics and nonsense lyrics, and substantially improved use of electronic drums which often sounded like B-rate Casio effects on previous albums. At times, it almost sounds like ABBA’s lost ethereal album. Highlights abound - “Cherry Coloured Funk”, “Iceblink Luck”, and especially “Fotzepolitic”. My favorite Cocteau album by a mile.

2.0 - Weak

It’s probably good, but not my genre.

Pleasant relaxing album but a bit plain.

Great album. I have it on CD. The ethereal vocals and drifting musicianship are a bit of an acquired taste however

Ah, Heaven or Las Vegas. I wouldn't say that I know this album like the back of my hand, but I've listened to it before, and I love it. I randomly came across Cocteau Twins on Spotify several years ago. "Iceblink Luck" popped up on shuffle, and I fell in love with it and immediately listened to this album. I haven't listened to all of this in a while, but only because I've been waiting for it to come up for me on the generator. And finally, at 933 albums, I'm getting to review this. I can't wait to slip into the dreamy sound of Cocteau Twins today! Man, this album is somehow even better than I remembered. Every song is a pillow wrapped in a dream, and yet, the sound and moods of every song are so unique. The fact that Cocteau Twins did all of this with guitar pedals and effects completely blows my mind. To achieve something so otherworldly without keyboards or synthesizers is beyond amazing. I’ve noticed lately that bass playing has been really standing out to me on the albums I’m reviewing, and that held true on this album as well. As great as the guitars and effects were, the bass did a great job of giving a sense of solid substance to the overall dreamy sound. This album is a complete masterpiece from start to finish. Some notes on individual songs: “Iceblink Luck” is still my favorite song on the album. I think I’ll always have a soft spot for it, since it’s the first Cocteau Twins song I heard. I love how that opening guitar note leads you into the song, and the drum machines are perfect. The vocals feel like another instrument on their own, and the bass adds a fantastic contrast to the shimmering lead guitar. This is one of those songs that I don’t want to end while I’m listening to it, because I will never get tired of that main melody. Even though it’s only about twenty seconds long, that instrumental bridge is incredible. I really loved the main melody of “Fifty-fifty Clown.” It’s another example of how incredible it is that this album didn’t use keyboards or synthesizers. The title track is fantastic. I love the drum machines a lot on this one, and there’s more excellent guitar work. The vocals are really great here too. I love the way Elizabeth Fraser sings “am I in heaven or Las Vegas?” Her pacing on the vocal delivery of that line is perfection. This song just gets better and better as it goes on. “I Wear Your Ring” is fantastic too. It’s still dreamy, but a different kind of dreamy. It’s like a dream where you’re walking through the mist of a forest, and you can’t really see well, so each sound feels new and novel. “Fotzepolitic” had a renaissance faire sound to it that I really enjoyed, both in the higher register sounds and in the pacing of the melodies. Yet another example of how many different sounds the band was able to create on this album. Heaven or Las Vegas is more than dream pop bliss; it’s a pop album that pulls the listener in with beautiful melodies and fantastic drum machines. This is an album that always a treat to listen to, and I fell even deeper in love with it today.