Slowdive

Description

Vinyl LP pressing. UK shoegaze pioneers Slowdive enter their second act and
offer up a fourth studio opus, their first in 22 years. Self-titled with quiet
confidence, Slowdive’s stargazing alchemy is set to further entrance the
faithful while beguiling a legion of fresh ears. Deftly swerving what co-
vocalist/guitarist Rachel Goswell terms “a trip down memory lane,” these eight
new tracks are simultaneously expansive and the sonic pathfinders’ most direct
material to date. Birthed at the band’s talismanic Oxfordshire haunt The
Courtyard, their diamantine melodies were mixed to a suitably hypnotic sheen
at Los Angeles’ famed Sunset Sound facility by Chris Coady. “It’s poppier than
I thought it was going to be,” notes principal songwriter Neil Halstead, who
was the primary architect of 1995’s previous full-length transmission
Pygmalion. This time out the group dynamic was all-important. “When you’re in
a band and you do three records, there’s a continuous flow and a development.
For us, that flow re-started with us playing live again and that has continued
into the record.” “There’s a different energy about it,” adds drummer Simon
Scott. “It took ages to get back together and write songs and for it to click
in the studio, but this album doesn’t feel like a bolt-on – it’s got an energy
that’s as vibrant as Souvlaki and Just for a Day. It feels very relevant to
now.”

Features:

Product Details:

• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.32 x 12.36 x 0.31 inches; 8.32 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Dead Oceans
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ DOC 132
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2017
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2017
• Label ‏ : ‎ Dead Oceans
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Best Sellers Rank: #2,670 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl) #1,137 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)