‘All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun’ is a British-American duet recorded by Elizabeth Fraser and Jeff Buckley during their brief romantic relationship.
An unfinished and unreleased recording, Elizabeth’s nervous laughter is the kind of ‘mistake’ that adds a magical touch to a song that was never meant to be heard. We feel as if we are sitting with our ear to the door, an eavesdropper to this private, unrepeatable moment.
What makes this song so moving? As so often, imperfection amplifies beauty. Then there is the fragile almost feminine sensitivity of Jeff’s voice interwoven with the raw power of Elizabeth’s…
Elizabeth Fraser is a Scottish singer and was the frontwoman in the iconic 80’s band The Cocteau Twins, although younger audiences are more likely to know her thanks to another collaboration with Massive Attack – providing the lead vocals for ‘Teardrop’.
Jeff Buckley was an American singer songwriter whose album ‘Grace’ remains a timeless classic. His tragic and mysterious death at the age of just thirty (he drowned in the Mississippi river) perhaps prompted Fraser’s reluctance to share this song more widely.
Yet, somehow it has found its way into the light… a snapshot of a moment captured in amber.
