“Evangeline” by Cocteau Twins

"Evangeline" was the first single from Four-Calendar Café, the seventh album by Scotland's Cocteau Twins, sent out on Fontana in 1993. Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde wrote it together, it was recorded and mixed at September Sound in London, and it finds the trio stepping a little further into the daylight. AllMusic's Jason Ankeny heard them reaching for clearer melodies and words while keeping every wisp of their trademark haze, Entertainment Weekly's Josef Woodard heard the otherworldly shimmer of early dream pop architects, and the Gavin Report's David Beran prescribed headphones, the better to sink into its milky keyboards and slivers of airy guitar.

It became a moderate hit in several countries and a genuine favorite in Portugal, and the German film director Nico Beyer shot the video.

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