Former Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser is to make a rare concert appearance at the Meltdown Festival.

BBC: Rare gig for Cocteau Twins singer

Fraser is known for her ethereal, enigmatic vocals which graced eight albums by the Cocteau Twins in the 1980s and 90s.

BBC: Rare gig for Cocteau Twins singer

Almost a decade before The Cocteau Twins popularised the approach, Bowie sang in a completely self-invented language on the 1977 Low album track, Subterraneans.

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Earlier this year, former Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser made a rare concert appearance at the 2012 event, which was curated by Antony Hegarty, from Antony and the Johnsons.

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But instead of pairing that vocal style with the musical bombast of that era, School of Seven Bells creates backing tracks that owe more to Cocteau Twins-style atmospherics and shoegazer drones.

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