City

Grangemouth

Scotland, UK

Grangemouth appears in 2 Songsheets issues: Darkwave and Synth Goth and Shoegaze and Dreampop. One artist in the archive came from here: Cocteau Twins. The issues date one event here, in 1982.

The small Scottish industrial town where the Cocteau Twins formed, creating ethereal soundscapes far removed from their working-class origins.

Scenes

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Darkwave and Synth Goth
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Shoegaze and Dreampop
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Artists from Grangemouth

  • Cocteau Twins

    Cocteau Twins built the sonic template for shoegaze before the word existed.

What happened here

  1. 1982
    Cocteau Twins release Garlands

    Scottish trio's debut album on 4AD establishes the ethereal, effects-heavy guitar sound and androgynous vocals that would become shoegaze's sonic template.

    Shoegaze and Dreampop

Records made by artists from Grangemouth