Album Review: Snowbird - Moon

Seventeen years on from the disbanding of Cocteau Twins, Simon Raymonde (who was a former member of the outfit) has returned to collaborate with the sweetly-spoken Stephanie Dosen under the appropriately gentle moniker Snowbird. Still with an appreciation for the ethereal, Raymonde's contributions to the album are unobtrusive – yet sweetly coaxing – serving only to very subtly propel the identically dreamy vocals of Dosen to the forefront of the ambience. Moon has been carefully arranged so as not to overwhelm the listener, but rather to softly extend an invitation into its otherworldly arrangements.