slowdive: classic or dud?

2. Someone said that threads went missing. Indeed. What's happened to my 'Stephin Merritt' (Search & Destroy) thread?

3. I like the first Slowdive LP a lot.

Brad Laner is a friendly guy to talk to, and his Electric Company stuff is flat out amazing (as is his production for bands like the astounding Furry Things). But Medicine? No, and no again.

Slowdive, f***ing loved 'em. Saw them supporting Ride in early '91, fantastic gig, could hear a word of vocals through their set, just guitars set on 'ethereal stun'. Nobody seems to have mentioned the transitional '5EP' EP, from late '93, when they stopped playing guitars and started to do more ambient/electronica stuff, very nice indeed. It all seemed to match up with what Chapterhouse were trying to do, but the 'House boys got Global Communication in to remix an album (which was great) rather than Reload (the same people) to remix a song (which was still great). I think they toured in late '93 together with Reload / GC as support. Now I'd say '93 was a better year than '94, early Seefeel records, the first Insides album, Spoonfed Hybrid etc....

Anyway, Slowdive - all their albums were great, though "Pygmalion" is the best, all the singles were great too. And to whoever mentioned Eternal, it was only second guitarist Christian who played on the one and only Eternal single on Sarah, but that's a cool semi-shoegazing single too. The first Mojave 3 album was a good late night listen but after the second one tried to hard to be Bob Dylan I gave up, I'm afraid.

Now Moose.... what a band! Their first two EPs and the first Revolver EP were the soundtrack to the best summer of my life. Happy days!

Good taste you've got there otherwise, though. ;-) Though Revolver? I don't know, they seemed fairly blah. Early Moose is worthy, however.

Aaaaanyway, I've been trying to get everything by this here Slowdive band I can get my hands on. The bloody Pygmalion record's been setting me back around 75 bucks on Ebay! But it's all worth it, 'caue it's fucking ACE!! Strange, though. I find My Bloody Valentine boring as church, so why the hell do I like their much-less-acclaimed knockoff artists so much better? Y'know: Slowdive, Ride, Bark Psychosis, Disco Inferno. Strange, strange musical tastes I got.

BEST SLOWDIVE LP: Sure, Souvlaki is pop first class, but that Pygmalion, man. She's a damn ambient MASTERPIECE. Best "ambient" "chillout" whateveryacallit album EVER! Who's with me??

Somebody do a Slowdive CD80 mix CD!! There's still loads of stuff I haven't heard yet. Morningrise?? The self-titled debut EP?? Holding Our Breath?? I wouldn't know it!!

As for why you prefer Slowdive to MBV, my guess is it's more dream pop than shoegazey? That's my reason, anyhow, since in my book Cocteaus trump MBV.

Mojave 3? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....................

How could a person go through life thinking Slowdive's production sounds 'dated'? I mean... this would mean you couldn't appreciate ANYTHING from the 80s! I pity your existance.

...you're a monster...

Utterly befuddling?

As far as I'm concerned, music was INVENTED in the 80s (or mor specifially, with Joy Division). Anything before that is just proto-music.

Once again I find myself stressing the words JOY DIVISION.

Good. You can work from there.

Some people say soul is the basis for a good taste in music, but I say it's Joy Division.

I'm guessing the traditional 60s/70s derived Beatles fodder.

If I'm right, I like Ned even more than I thought I did.

I'd love to compile those first 3 EPs on a CD

Having done this, I can assure you it's worthy. Blue Day is an incomplete compilation of these tracks.

Waaah no one reads my posts waaaah

No love for the "5EP" here? That's like the perfect mid-point between "Pygmalion" and "Souvlaki". I think I'll have to compile all the EPs together at some point, should make for a stunning collection.

i posted the info this thread: Slowdive - s/t (2017): let's rejoice, shall we? - new album everything is alive is out september 1

https://www.reddit.com/r/Slowdive/comments/149cqcn/information_on_the_upcoming_new_album/

here's the press release that was accidentally put up early

Nice, thanks!

Sounds absolutely great. The s/t remains hard to top as far as comeback albums go, and sometimes it's the slowdive I want to listen to the most.

Yeah the strength of that as well as the tour makes me very excited about this new one.

STOKED

In unrelated news I bought a “cloud reverb” pedal and spent the morning blissfully playing “Rutti”, most fun I’ve had on a guitar in a while.

sometimes it's the slowdive I want to listen to the most.

Also true for me, if only because I've listened to Souvlaki 67,354 times

New Music. Tomorrow. 20/06/2023.#slowdive2023 pic.twitter.com/RxVjah8rF6

— Slowdive (@slowdiveband) June 19, 2023

new song is fine but nothing to be excited about, but that's also how i felt about the singles from the last album and the rest was much stronger

New song is so similar to 2017 album in production and effects that it could have been discarded material from those recording sessions. Not complaining at all, though, and looking very forward to the new LP.

In the last couple of years, I've found myself listening to the self-titled far more than I have the classics. Excited for the tour, I think they sound better now than they ever did then.

Seconding that. The only other band of their time that has had as equally a monumental second act like this has been Suede.

Tour dates! See you at the Warfield!

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June 24: Exeter, UK – Phoenix [sold out]
June 25: Glastonbury Festival, UK
July 17: Perth, Aus - Astor Theatre [sold out]
July 19: Brisbane, Aus - Princess Theatre [sold out]
July 21: Sydney, Aus - Enmore Theatre
July 22: Melbourne, Aus – Forum [sold out]
July 23 :Adelaide, Aus – Hindley St Music Hall
July 26, Auckland, NZ – Powerstation [sold out]
July 29: Fuji Rock Festival, Japan
August 5: Off Festival, Poland
August 11: Ypsigrock Festival, Sicily
August 18: Green Man Festival, Wales
September 23: Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
September 25: Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston
September 27: NYC, NY - Webster Hall
September 28: NYC, NY - Webster Hall
September 29: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
September 30: Washington, DC - 930 Club
October 2: Cleveland, OH - The Roxy @ Mahall’s
October 3: Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
October 4: St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
October 6: Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
October 7: Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
October 9: Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
October 10: Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
October 12: San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
October 14: Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
Oct 30 - Glasgow, UK - QMU
Oct 31 - Manchester, UK - 02 Ritz
Nov 1 – Bristol, UK - SWX
Nov 3 – London, UK – The Troxy
Nov 5 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall
Nov 6 – Dublin, Eire – National Stadium

Slowdive summer starts now!

Swervedriver also came back really strong, to name another "shoegaze" act of their time more or less.

New album thread, as I feel they are big enough to warrant:

Slowdive - Everything Is Alive

Glastonbury set

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0ftbbgd/glastonbury-slowdive

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tpns

The Morning After Mix
Slowdive curate the perfect two-hour mix to bring in the New Year

(10 days left)

tracklisting

1 Micheal Rother - Katzenmusik 2
2 Ash Ra Tempel - Deep Distance
3 Gal Costa - Presente Cotidiano
4 Selda Bağcan - Yaylalar
5 Broadcast - Where youth and laughter go
6 Pentangle - Light Flight
7 Rino(IO)DJ - Decadance
8 Bernthøler - My Suitor
9 Cindy - Never let me go
10 Neon Indian - Arm Around You
11 Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side
12 Mike Melvoin & Alessi Brothers - Seabird
13 Steve Grey & The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
14 Love - Alone Again Or
15 The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire
16 John Cale - Andalucia
17 Low - Lullaby
18 Loma - Who Is Speaking?
19 Squirrel Flower - Deluge In The South
20 Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
21 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
22 Jo Beth Young - Wolf Song
23 Nadia Reid - Heart to Ride
24 PJ Harvey - Lwonesome Tonight
25 Lichen Slow - Hobbies
26 Brian Eno - The Big Ship (2004 Digital Remaster)
27 Electric Youth - The Seeker
28 Lightning Bug - September Song, pt. ii
29 Sufjan Stevens - All of Me Wants All of You

is it just me or is it a bit ehhh

baby it's you