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Evangeline (song)
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Wikipedia article
'Evangeline' is a song and the 12th EP by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. It was recorded and mixed at September Sound in London, and released in September 1993 by record label Fontana. The song was a moderate hit in several countries and was very popular in Portugal. It was included on the band's seventh studio album, 'Four-Calendar Caf'.
Critical reception
Jason Ankeny from AllMusic stated in his review that songs like "Evangeline" "continue the trio's advance into more accessible melodic and lyrical ground without sacrificing even an ounce of their trademark ethereality." Josef Woodard from 'Entertainment Weekly' said it "have an otherworldly shimmer, a mode perfected by these early architects of dream pop." David Beran from the 'Gavin Report' commented, "Headphones are a must for this sonic picnic and first single from the upcoming album. Drop into background landscapes of milky way-out keyboards and slivers of airy guitar. Oh, did I mention that the foreground vocals are patent 'Teau Twin ringlets of bliss?" He added that the song "slowly plunges as Frazer's voice soars into a firmament crowded with spacey snippets of computerized sound." Chuck Campbell from 'Knoxville News-Sentinel' described "the gorgeous strains" as "typical Cocteau Twins triumphs, aural massages of magical quality." He noted that "the instruments supply an air of dreamy melancholia that both chills and warms."Campbell, Chuck (November 10, 1993). "COCTEAU TWINS HYPNOTIZE AGAIN WITH NEW MAGIC". 'Knoxville News-Sentinel'. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
A reviewer from 'Lennox Herald' called it "a fine effort"."COCTEAU TWINS Evangeline". 'Lennox Herald'. October 1, 1993. page 28. Retrieved March 28, 2020. American magazine 'Musician' noted its "sly pop appeal" and stated that "the candyland blur of the Cocteaus' sound has never been so alluring". Martin Aston from 'Music Week' deemed it "a slow, stately affair with all their charm and melodic ingenuity intact." R.S. Murthi from 'New Straits Times' wrote that a song like "Evangeline" "evince concerns that go beyond the ordinary. And the combination of surreal verbal imagery and atmospheric music makes for an engaging mystique." Alec Foege from 'Spin' magazine picked it as one of the album's three most successful songs. He said that it "swells with the effects-treated grandeur of Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie's accompaniment". In his book 'The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music', Phil Hardy described it as "dreamy". Eric Weisbard and Craig Marks wrote in their 'Spin Alternative Record Guide', that it is "a song so adult-sounding it could have come from Prefab Sprout."
Music video
The music video for "Evangeline" was directed by German film director Nico Beyer. Unlike the music videos for two other Cocteau Twins releases, namely "Carolyn's Fingers" and "Heaven or Las Vegas", the music video for "Evangeline" does not appear on the official 4AD channel on Youtube as of July 2022.
Track listing
Personnel
'Cocteau Twins'
* Elizabeth Fraser vocals
* Robin Guthrie guitar, drum machine
* Simon Raymonde bass guitar
'Production'
* Additional engineer Lincoln Fong
* Original photography Walter Wick
* Writer, composer and producer Cocteau Twins
Charts
References
Category:Cocteau Twins albums
Category:1993 EPs
Category:1993 singles
Category:1993 songs
Category:Music videos directed by Nico Beyer
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