Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd "The Moon and the Melodies" 2026-01-09 and number 15 on the

and number 15 on the Billboard 200

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released as a part of the bands 25th Anniversary

their previous album by creating sonic soundscapes and atmospheres as a means to expand on the Loathe lore

Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd "The Moon and the Melodies" 2026-01-09 and number 15 on theThe Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins catalogue unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take