eleased in March 1996, Milk & Kisses is the eighth and final studio
album by Cocteau Twins. And like it's predecessor, 1993's Four Calendar
Café, it's yet to be formally released on vinyl outside Europe. That all
changes next January when 4AD will reissue both titles in the United
States. The second of two albums Cocteau Twins released via Fontana /
Capitol Records after their long association with 4AD ended in 1990 with
Heaven or Las Vegas, the band warmed the waters for Milk & Kisses
with a pair of exceptional EPs where they took their music to new
places, Twinlights and Otherness - the first largely acoustic, the
second their only sanctioned remixes (done with Seefeel's Mark
Clifford). A period of high creativity for the band, renewed after a
turbulent time, they recorded and produced Milk & Kisses between
their September Sound studio in London and the coastal town of Pors
Poulhan in Brittany, France. Featuring the singles 'Tishbite' and
'Violaine' and fan favourites such as 'Serpentskirt' and 'Treasure
Hiding', the album is a cathartic listen too with MOJO saying in a
glowing review that the album's title "accurately intimates it's
soothing, healing powers." Ultimately, Milk & Kisses also proved to
be their swan song, bringing the curtain down on 14 years of wonder to
leave an incredible legacy that new generations continue to discover to
this day. 4AD are delighted to announce that they're working with the
band on reissuing both Four Calendar Café and Milk & Kisses in the
United States, with CD and black vinyl editions of both titles coming
out on January 12th 2024. To do this, Robin Guthrie returned to his
original studio mixes and has delivered stunning, brand new 24-bit
masters of both titles.
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