Amok: Cocteau Twins is dreampop mixed with shoegaze, you might know their singer Elizabeth Fraser from Massive Attack's Teardrop. I am not really an expert on CT but I think it is widely recognised that Treasure and Head over Heels is their best albums. What is so special about Cocteau Twins is the vocals, they are sometimes operatic, nearly always unintelligible and even if you did read lyrics it wouldn't make much sense. Because for most part Fraser seems more interested in sound than actual meaning. She "compensates" for that, much like Cedric from Mars Volta without any other resemblance, by singing with fervour and emotion. That is not to say the music is bad, but her vocals are just so haunting that they sometimes shadow it.
Castanets - The Smallest Bones
and now I am going to bed.