Felix NEill

Such a beautiful EP, this one. The last EP they released and a wonderful remix set from Seefeel's Mark Clifford. I must dig out the Seefeel albums, as they are totally beautiful and quite hard to come by these days.

I've said before that I think I started to take this stuff for granted, but revisiting these late period Cocteau twins releases has been somewhat of a revelation. Dysfunction and borderline mental illness has a weird track record of creating great art does it not?

In reverse order then, "Cherry Coloured Funk" sounds like the the music that will be played in the lift on the way up to Heaven. We know that everything is going to be alright, forever. Beautiful angel sigh on a bed of the softest feathery sweetness. It's funereal and life affirming at the same time. Liz has never sounded sweeter or more bonkers. Can there ever have been another track with the word "funk" in the title that was less funky?

This version of "Violane" does have a slightly loopy, trancey feel to it though. There's some sub-bass action happening and a multi-tracked Liz calls us to the dance with her seductive siren call.

"Seekers Who Are Lovers" propels us forwards like a bass driven jam on the Trans Europe Express. Once you hear Liz's "Hey yeah ah hey ah" riff, it might just stay with you forever. And then she does that choirboy thing that makes you wish you could just hear this on a loop until the end of forever. It's a fairly stripped down thing at this point, but it still works in the most spectacular fashion.

Lead track, "Feet-Like Fins" is suitably oceanic and images of mermaids and shagging fishwomen on spooky beaches are conjured seemingly from the watery ether. Although that might be just my fantasies bubbling to the surface. Whatever, it's lovely and pretty and a little bit magical.

I miss them terribly.

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