An uncharacteristically upbeat Cocteau Twins song, "Iceblink Luck" finds lead singer Elizabeth Fraser in a joyful mood. The lyrics are characteristically muddled (is it a "walnut safe" or a "wall, not safe"?), but there seem to be some references to motherhood: in 1989 she and her bandmate Robin Guthrie had a daughter, Lucy Belle.
The title never appears in the lyric. An iceblink is a reflection of light off of large masses of ice, which can cause optical illusions in the sky.
"Iceblink Luck" was the first Cocteau Twins single released in the United States, and their first to break the UK Singles Chart's Top 40. The song was much more accessible for the masses than the Twins' previous work, with Elizabeth Fraser exerting considerably more restraint over her voice and backing music far more hooky than the dream-smoke-sound that the band had previously surrounded itself with. Writing in Q in 1990, Martin Aston said it "proves how easily the Cocteaus have drifted closer to the mainstream without compromising an iota of what makes them so special."
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