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Everything Is Alive

    Everything Is Alive, Slowdive’s 5th record, is exactly what the title suggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points within it.

    While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to the atmospheric quality of 1995’s Pygmalion; everything is alive also manages to break down the boundaries of what’s come before it. Spanning psychedelic soundscapes, pulsating 80’s electronic elements and John Cale inspired journeys, the album lands immediately as something made for 2023 and beyond.

    For a genre that is often thought of as divisive, and often warrants introspection, here Slowdive show their craft as the masters of it by pushing it outwards, beyond the singular; the end result being a record which feels as emotional and cathartic as it is hopeful.


    STAFF COMMENTS

    Andy says: Hallelujah! The Kings and Queens of Shoegaze return with a beautiful record which feels like everything you'd want from a new Slowdive LP. It ticks all the boxes. Everything they've done rolled into one blissed-out dream. It's brilliant!

    TRACK LISTING

    SIDE A:
    1. Shanty
    2. Prayer Remembered
    3. Alife
    4. Andalucia Plays
    SIDE B:
    5. Kisses
    6. Skin In The Game
    7. Chained To A Cloud
    8.. The Slab

    Slowdive

    Just For A Day - 180g Audiophile Vinyl Edition

      Slowdive were, in one way, a reaction to the fist-aloft bravado of the arse-end of baggy. Yet their gorgeous swathes of disorientating, hypnotic sound actually perfectly fitted in with early morning comedowns; we're talking about 1991 here! They aimed for a womb-like cosy dreaminess and with their three pre-album EPs looked like they were going to take over. "Slowdive", "Morningrise" and "Just For A Day" are all included here. Their main influence was The Cocteau Twins, but along with My Bloody Valentine, early Boo Radleys and others, the press christened them 'shoe-gazers'. A lot was written and there were just as many detractors as fans, but this fan, along with many others, was a little dissapointed by this, their debut LP. Yes it flows, drifts then envelops, but the songs weren't quite as good as expected. But, y'know: tell that to Babyshambles! With the inclusion of those lovely three EPs and a three-song Peel Session, this is now a very lush (though occasionally meandering) and beautiful disc. Recommended.

      TRACK LISTING

      SIDE A
      1. SPANISH AIR
      2. CELIA'S DREAM
      3. CATCH THE BREEZE
      4. BALLAD OF SISTER SUE
      5. ERIK'S SONG

      SIDE B
      1. WAVES
      2. BRIGHTER
      3. THE SADMAN
      4. PRIMAL

      Slowdive

      Blue Day - 180g Audiophile Vinyl Edition

        Originally released on CD in Japan circa 1992 "Blue Day" is a seven track collection of the the best tracks from the first three Slowdive EPs; "Slowdive", "Morningrise" and "Holding Our Breath". This shoegaze nugget features some of the band's best-loved tracks on the run up to their classic "Souvlaki" album.

        TRACK LISTING

        SIDE A
        1. SLOWDIVE
        2. AVALYN 1
        3. MORNINGRISE
        4. SHE CALLS

        SIDE B
        1. LOSING TODAY
        2. SHINE
        3. ALBATROSS

        Slowdive

        Souvlaki - 180g Audiophile Vinyl Edition

          1993 and Slowdive, kings and queens of the shoegazers, release their masterpiece. Nobody was listening. They'd had all the hype and (inevitable) backlash around their debut, but now when they totally and convincingly deliver the goods, in a world consumed by Suede (at home) and Nirvana (abroad), apart from a few diehards, it was shrugs all round. How wrong they were! This is a stunningly beautiful album with a direct pop nous that's more Mary Chain than Cocteaus. It's full of yearning and dreams but also in "Souvlaki Space Station" a proper ambient/dub arse-quaker. Not one bad song: it's all brilliant. It's the ultimate in dreampop!

          TRACK LISTING

          SIDE A
          1. ALISON
          2. MACHINE GUN
          3. 40 DAYS
          4. SING
          5. HERE SHE COME

          SIDE B
          1. SOUVLAKI SPACE STATION
          2. WHEN THE SUN HITS
          3. ALTOGETHER
          4. MELON YELLOW
          5. DAGGER

          The world has finally caught up with Slowdive. A band whose reach goes far beyond just influencing music is back, with their first new album in 22 years.

          The album is called ‘Slowdive’ - self-titled in an echo of their debut EP from 1990, and is remarkably direct.

          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.

          Self-titled with quiet confidence, Slowdive’s stargazing alchemy is set to further entrance the faithful while beguiling a legion of fresh ears.

          TRACK LISTING

          1 Slomo
          2 Star Roving
          3 Don't Know Why
          4 Sugar For The Pill
          5 Everyone Knows
          6 No Longer Making Time
          7 Go Get It
          8 Falling Ashes

          Slowdive

          Pygmalion - 180g Audiophile Vinyl Edition

            You'll know them as 'shoegazers' but as the title suggests, their third and final LP was about change. Where the band attempted to put more song structures in place on "Souvlaki", they began to incorporate more elements of ambient electronica on "Pygmalion". Which resulted in a more complete album than the two previous albums. Tracks like "Blue Skied An' Clear" and "Crazy For You" demonstrate that the songs are still there, somewhere - they're just buried under more abstract sounds than before. It's still super-atmospheric, echoey and Cocteau's-ish, but this time things have really drifted and unravelled. Influenced by techno and built on loops it is a stark, haunted record, ambient and experimental. They ditched songs in favour of sounds, and this is a desolate yet strikingly beautiful record. If you like Sigur Ros then you'll love this.



            TRACK LISTING

            Side A
            A1 Rutti
            A2 Crazy For You
            A3 Miranda
            A4 Trellisaze

            Side B
            B1 Cello
            B2 J's Heaven
            B3 Visions Of La
            B4 Blue Skied An' Clear
            B5 All Of Us

            Slowdive

            Just For A Day

              Slowdive were, in one way, a reaction to the fist-aloft bravado of the arse-end of baggy. Yet their gorgeous swathes of disorientating, hypnotic sound actually perfectly fitted in with early morning comedowns; we're talking about 1991 here! They aimed for a womb-like cosy dreaminess and with their three pre-album EPs looked like they were going to take over. "Slowdive", "Morningrise" and "Just For A Day" are all included here. Their main influence was The Cocteau Twins, but along with My Bloody Valentine, early Boo Radleys and others, the press christened them 'shoe-gazers'. A lot was written and there were just as many detractors as fans, but this fan, along with many others, was a little dissapointed by this, their debut LP. Yes it flows, drifts then envelops, but the songs weren't quite as good as expected. But, y'know: tell that to Babyshambles! With the inclusion of those lovely three EPs and a three-song Peel Session, this is now a very lush (though occasionally meandering) and beautiful disc. Recommended.


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