100 favourite songs: #42: "Heaven Or Las Vegas" - Cocteau Twins

This is the moment when Liz Fraser first really allowed herself to sing, and the result was one of the most wondrously ascendant songs ever laid down by the Cocteaus. The fabrics and textures of Cocteau Twins songs always shimmer and sparkle, but here, with Fraser’s voice right up the front, the result is sheer bliss. - 1/04