4. Cocteau TwinsTreasure
After getting into the Mary Chain I went back and discovered lots of other stuff – Cocteau Twins, AR Kane, those sort of bands. Treasure was the first Cocteaus album I heard. It’s not my favourite one, but it blew me away in the same way that Psychocandy did. It was a sound I’d never heard before. It was completely otherworldly, beautiful. Liz Fraser’s vocals were astonishing. It’s as close to classical music as it is to pop music. I fell in love with them immediately. It was so ethereal, with the guitars sounding not like guitars. I used to try to make my guitar sound like that, but it was impossible. At that point I’d just got a distortion pedal and then I heard Treasure and I was like, ‘Fuck, I’m gonna need more pedals!’
Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Rachel Goswell, Weyes Blood, Serafina Steer, Tori Amos, Visionist, Tanya Donelly, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Agnes Obel, Belle and Sebastian, Chris Packham
