Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd "The Moon and the Melodies" 2022-05-06 It was the last Soundgarden

It was the last Soundgarden album to feature the band's original bassist

and a nod to dub royalty with Addis Pablo's melodica on "Infinity" (Dub)

the album has continued to grow in stature and influence

known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs

A 1993 re-release of the song in the United Kingdom

Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd "The Moon and the Melodies" 2022-05-06 It was the last SoundgardenThe Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins catalogue unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take