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Cocteau Twins is a Dream pop act. Their sound grew out of Post-punk, Clan of Xymox, Alison Goldfrapp, Love Spells and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Those roots explain a lot about how Cocteau Twins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Harold Budd, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie & Elizabeth Fraser, Pale Saints, The Sundays, Slowdive and Lush, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dream pop, Melody Prochet, Rachel Goswell, Trentemøller and Jonna Lee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 140 connections around Cocteau Twins, reaching back through Post-punk and forward to Dream pop. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cocteau Twins connections
Cocteau Twins grew out of Post-punk, Clan of Xymox, Alison Goldfrapp and Love Spells, shares an orbit with Harold Budd, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie & Elizabeth Fraser, Pale Saints, The Sundays and Slowdive, went on to shape Dream pop, Melody Prochet, Rachel Goswell and Trentemøller. 140 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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