we should probably circle back around to Slowdive at some point?
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
You don't have to.
― djh, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
I did not like the reunion album, sounded p generic 10s indie to me, but I only heard it once
― brimstead, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
I got what I wished for but now I don't want it
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
it's their second best album overall.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
Love the first four tracks, second half not at the same level but enjoyable. Time for a relisten methinks
― Vinnie, Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:27 (three years ago) link
xpost to myself, they sound fantastic doing these tracks live in studio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgq-IWtcPE
― that's not my post, Thursday, 19 November 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
In love with good ol' Souvlaki again. They do pretty in a very special way
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Thursday, 8 July 2021 07:31 (two years ago) link
https://t.co/KFHA0lcsSj pic.twitter.com/FL4JVpJLdz— Rachel Goswell đź’™ (@RachelAGoswell) July 7, 2021
look nice and are all sold out. can't quite square the "50 hours each" with the ÂŁ75 they cost though.
― koogs, Friday, 9 July 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/4JHDtnmaGvmssF1E5WHfCB
wow they've officially released a remastered version of "sleep", one of their many unreleased tracks that's been widely bootlegged. it's a great one and really makes you wonder how it never got a proper release. this sounds a little better than the bootlegs too.
i wonder if they're putting out an official compilation of all that material? i presume this is for something like that, or a deluxe reissue or something?
neil said in a recent interview that the new album is slowly coming together & they're hoping it'll be out by the time they're playing primavera next year.
― ufo, Saturday, 10 July 2021 04:05 (two years ago) link
ah i'd never looked into it before but it turns out "sleep" was written by christian savill & originally released by his previous band eternal on their only single in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQxJ-NwPcU
― ufo, Saturday, 10 July 2021 04:29 (two years ago) link
xxp I suspect the 50 hours includes 48 in the kiln
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 10 July 2021 05:00 (two years ago) link
that eternal single rules
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 July 2021 05:31 (two years ago) link
30 years old. i remember being given a flier for it at the borderline before a 4ad gig there (insides? ultra vivid scene?)
― koogs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
Classic.
Even when they suck they sound pretty
― âś–âś–âś– (Moka), Saturday, 10 July 2021 07:02 (two years ago) link
Gear up
LP5 https://t.co/gtDt1OZF3N— Rachel Goswell đź’™ (@RachelAGoswell) February 10, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:01 (two years ago) link
Nice. Hope they can and will tour again as well. Loved the show I saw from the reunion album tour.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
nice. saw them pre-lp reunion tour and it was pretty stellar. looking forward to it.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:09 (two years ago) link
Yes, the self-titled was very good certainly but it was the tour for it that convinced me they were truly back and in a better place than ever; absolutely found a way to build on the legacy, do things with their past work differently at many points, and respond so well to the now far, far bigger crowds they're getting, and from younger listeners too, than they did then. Absolutely think this will continue the upward path.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:13 (two years ago) link
Someone played "Souvlaki" recently. It sounded really good, better than I remembered.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:37 (two years ago) link
Very. Their albums viewed with time and distance simply sound great, period. I stand by my descriptions of the albums at 2 and 7 on this page
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=5
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
I have extremely fond memories of "Souvlaki." I was never a Slowdive fan - I blame the glut of shoegaze at the time - but I was a huge Eno fan, so of course picked up "Souvlaki" (maybe as an import?) ASAP. And while it never clicked as an album I pulled out all the time, I did used to listen to it as I fell asleep.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
They were a very pretty band as well.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:07 (two years ago) link
Souvlaki is the real best album of the 90’s - nevermind, loveless and okc move over
― âś–âś–âś– (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
Souvlaki Space Station with video of deep space from the Hubble Space Telescope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LIO138Z-A
― that's not my post, Friday, 11 February 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
awesome, now do "blue skied an clear"
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Friday, 11 February 2022 00:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZtzoWEjQyI
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 07:51 (one year ago) link
Mind melt. One of my favorite songs ever
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
that’s great! would love to hear them do “song 1” or whatever it is…
― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
that's completely remarkable, wow. they sound great too! hyped for the album.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
unbelievable version, wow they still have ALL the magic and power. I’ve only heard that song as an iffy demo, was it ever fully recorded?
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dDJKODC20g
yeah it was originally by savill's pre-slowdive band eternal
the slowdive version is a souvlaki-era demo covering it, but it got a ton of views on youtube and i guess the band noticed
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
the lyrics are different on the slowdive version though, they were obviously reworking it
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
it had lyrics?!?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
So “Sleep” has 10M views on YouTube and looks like their most streamed song on that channel. Kinda bizarre. The live version posted above is great.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
yeah it's just one of those quirk of the algorithm things as far as i can tell
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 04:47 (one year ago) link
Gorgeous!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:12 (one year ago) link
Only a teaser but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RpHfPyEx8
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 16:01 (ten months ago) link
Sounds promising! Does this also mean new album? I've been a bit disconnected.
― daavid, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:36 (ten months ago) link
Yeah it's been in the can for a bit so clearly a release is finally near.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:47 (ten months ago) link
i posted the info this thread: Slowdive - s/t (2017): let's rejoice, shall we? - new album everything is alive is out september 1
― ufo, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link
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
― ufo, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link
Nice, thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:48 (ten months ago) link
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.
― omar little, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:54 (ten months ago) link
Yeah the strength of that as well as the tour makes me very excited about this new one.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:58 (ten months ago) link
STOKED
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 17 June 2023 01:55 (ten months ago) link
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.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 17 June 2023 02:09 (ten months ago) link
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
― Vinnie, Saturday, 17 June 2023 02:17 (ten months ago) link
New Music. Tomorrow. 20/06/2023.#slowdive2023 pic.twitter.com/RxVjah8rF6— Slowdive (@slowdiveband) June 19, 2023
― groovypanda, Monday, 19 June 2023 12:22 (nine months ago) link
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
― ufo, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 08:12 (nine months ago) link