Sunburst and Snowblind
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Cocteau Twins
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EP
First released:
Nov 7 1983

Overview Edit

Sunburst and Snowblind is an EP by the Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, released on the 4AD label in September 1983. The EP features an extended version of "Sugar Hiccup" from the album Head over Heels, as well as three other tracks. The title of the EP comes from the first line in the opening track of Head Over Heels, "When Mama Was Moth."

The EP was later reissued as an appendage to the CD version of Head Over Heels in the United Kingdom and Canada . "From The Flagstones" and "Hitherto" appeared on The Pink Opaque (1985), and the entire album was featured on The Box Set (Cocteau Twins) (1991). All songs except "Because of Whirl-Jack" have been performed live. Unlike many Cocteau Twins songs, "Sugar Hiccup" and "From The Flagstones" have discernible English lyrics.

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Record label:
4AD
Catalog number:
BAD 314
Release dates:
  • Nov 4 1991 in United Kingdom
  • 1992

Genres

Dream Pop, Ethereal. Vote on Genres

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5 stars From the Flagstones is my favorite CT song
Like any EP, you can't place this effort in the catagory of some of the Cocteau Twins' full-length album. But I chose to give it 5 stars because From the Flagstones is absolutely sublime and Elizabeth's singing is phenomenal on it. When you consider that this track is from the Head over Heels era, I think it makes it all the more special.
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3 stars Remix, left-overs, and transitional songs.
Sunburst And Snowblind is an EP that followed shortly after Cocteau Twins' breakthrough second album Head Over Heels, and reprises the highlight "Sugar Hiccup" from that album in an extended re-recorded version. The EP version is very similar. There are extra vocals, the fake choir effect is more prominent in the mix, and it sounds as if it might be slightly faster. It isn't really much of an improvement, but it is interesting to hear such an amazing song in an alternate form. "From The Flagston…
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Written by Cody C. Gaisser "just ate that whole live squid in front of my daughter"

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Sugar Hiccup
    3:39
    2
    From the Flagstones
    3:38
    3
    Hitherto
    3:53
    4
    Because of Whirl-Jack
    3:27

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4 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: 4AD
catalog number: BAD 314
release dates: Nov 7 1983 in United Kingdom
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