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New York's Garlands first unleashed their style of jangly indie pop in the late '90s with the release of a self-titled cassette and the Just the Verses vinyl single. Those releases were followed by various compilation appearances, including releases by Shelflife Records, Blackbean & Placenta Records, and Sealed Fate Records. In 1999, the six-song (Picnic, Lightning) was released on Mister Records. The disc was instantly compared to '80s Brit-pop. They were featured on March Records' Reproductions: Songs of the Human League with their cover of "Being Boiled" in 2000. In 2001, Michigan's Audiopants Records featured their version of Smokey Robinson's "The Tracks of My Tears" on the compilation Shoop Dee Doop: A Tribute to Motown.
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For other uses, see Garland (disambiguation)
Garlands is the 1982 debut album of Cocteau Twins. It is the only album with original bassist Will Heggie.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Cocteau Twins.
"Blood Bitch" – 4:34"Wax and Wane" – 4:04"But I'm Not" – 2:45"Blind Dumb Deaf" – 3:46"Shallow Then Halo"* – 5:16"The Hollow Men" – 5:02"Garlands" – 4:32"Grail Overfloweth" – 5:22*The title printed on the sleeve reads, "Shallow Then Hallo" [sic].
The original British cassette release included four additional tracks from a John Peel Radio session. The original British, Brazilian and Canadian CD releases featured the album, the Peel session and two other tracks that were recorded for an unreleased single which was to have been the band's first release. Gordon Sharp of Cindytalk provided backup vocals on "Dear Heart" and "Hazel".
"Dear Heart""Hazel""Hearsay Please""Blind Dumb Deaf""Speak No Evil""Perhaps Some Other Aeon"A remixed version of Wax and Wane is available on the 1985 compilation The Pink Opaque. The Deftones released a cover of Wax and Wane on their B-Sides_&_Rarities_(Deftones_album) album. The four Peel Session recordings were later released as part of BBC Sessions in 1999, and a version of "Hazel" appears on the Peppermint Pig EP, released in 1983. A remastered version of "Blind Dumb Deaf" is available on the 2000 compilation Stars and Topsoil.
Credits
Elizabeth Fraser - Vocals, VoicesRobin Guthrie - Guitar, Drum MachineWill Heggie - BassProduced by Ivo Watts-Russell and Cocteau Twins. Engineered by Eric and John at Blackwing Studios.
The art direction, photography and sleeve design were created by 23 Envelope and a dedication is printed on the sleeve: Dear Carol, We shall both die in your rosary : Elizabeth, which incorporates a line, in a slightly altered form, from the song "Garlands".