Four-Calendar Café

by Cocteau Twins

Four-Calendar Café cover art

A notable shift in the Cocteau Twins' sound, 'Four-Calendar Café' trades some of their signature sonic obfuscation for clearer production and more intelligible lyrics from Elizabeth Fraser. The album leans into a more direct Dream Pop and Jangle Pop framework, showcasing gentle, shimmering guitar work and introspective moods. While a departure from their denser Ethereal Wave origins, it highlights the band's immaculate melodic songwriting.

Genres

  • Dream Pop
  • Jangle Pop
  • Ethereal Wave

Tracklist

  1. Know Who You Are At Every Age
  2. Evangeline
  3. Bluebeard
  4. Theft, And Wandering Around Lost
  5. Oil Of Angels
  6. Squeeze-Wax
  7. My Truth
  8. Essence
  9. Summerhead
  10. Pur