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Echoes in a Shallow Bay 1985

dream pop, electronic, ethereal wave, post-punk 16 min EP 4 tracks 4AD

Echoes in a Shallow Bay is an EP by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins, released on 4AD. The EP featured four non-album tracks. It was issued on 29 November 1985, two weeks after another EP, Tiny Dynamine.

dream pop electronic ethereal wave post-punk rock

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Tracks

1Great Spangled Fritillary4:02
2Melonella4:05
3Pale Clouded White4:59
4Eggs and Their Shells3:06

4 tracks, 16 minutes.

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Artist: Cocteau Twins
Label: 4AD
Released: 1985
Type: EP
Format: CD
Country: GB

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