The Moon and the Melodies LimitedStock ©Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHA

©Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHA

"Are You Feelin' Me" and "I Don't Wanna" also ooze sensuality and melody

Danny O’Donoghue and Mark Sheehan first came to industry attention as a young producer/writer duo who worked with the likes of Teddy Riley

and the prestigious FIPA d’Or award for Best Performing Arts Film in Biarritz

Andy used the opportunities of the Covid lockdowns to re-examine the album retool it under his own unique circumstances

The Moon and the Melodies LimitedStock ©Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHAThe Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins catalogue unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signalled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take