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| 5.0 classic | BrushedRed | April 20th 17 |
Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm biased when it comes to Slowdive (or maybe I'm a little bit of both), but this is hands-down one of the best albums I've heard this year, and may possibly become the best I've heard by the end of the year. I get that it's natural to be a little concerned after the release of "Star Roving," and I'll admit that was my first thought too. It's a great song, but it recalls a lot of generic nu-gaze sound that's been popular throughout the 2010's. Fortunately, the song grew on me quite a bit, and it's also the only misstep on this album. I was afraid that maybe they'd sound more like a wannabe Slowdive rather than the real deal. Thankfully I was wrong. This recalls a lot of Slowdive's older work, namely Just for a Day (there's a little Souvalki sprinkled in as well with "No Longer Making Time" and "Don't Know Why"), and brings it to the present. Rachel's voice is just as ethereal and soothing as it was in the 90's. The tremolo wails of the guitar are everywhere. Neil's voice, though definitely taking on some age, is still just as lovely, and the age actually brings a new dimension to the sound I think. There's just so much here to love. "Slowmo" and "No Longer Making Time" are some of my favorites from Slowdive. I went into this with subpar-for-Slowdive expectations, especially after "Star Roving," but wow.. Incredible album, everything here just blew me away. Slowdive has aged wonderfully. Best thing since Souvlaki. Prolly gonna move this up after some time passes. Fuck it, it's a 5.
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| 4.2 excellent | Benjamin Kuettel EMERITUS | April 21st 17 |
An excellent collection of dreamy shoegaze tracks, ranging from melancholy to more upbeat. The dual vocals really elevate the songs, and the band have not lost their touch after 20 years.
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| 4.5 superb | judasgoat | April 28th 17 |
One of my favorite moments in music is when an influential but underappreciated band returns from a breakup or a string of garbage albums to collect their dues. Even better is when said band releases an album that makes you eager to pay up, and Slowdive check that box with ease.
It definitely helps their case that opening track Slomo is one of the best songs this band has done. Naturally flowing and beautifully layered, it's a highlight. Songs like Star Roving and Everybody Knows sees the band taking the nu-gaze movement and molding it into the band's own image. Sugar for the Pill and No Longer Making Time are ballads that make great use of Neil Halstead's delay-ridden guitar, and Falling Ashes is an encapsulation of the best parts of Pygmalion. And it all never sounds like a desperate attempt at relevance or a retread of past glories. It sounds like pure Slowdive, through and through.
This album is a joy to listen to, and a surprisingly accessible listen that keeps you coming back.
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| 1.0 awful | dreamgauze | April 21st 17 |
worst shoegaze comeback of the decade, it's a snore
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| 5.0 classic | OiPerkeleMeow | March 28th 17 |
Holly shit the new single "Sugar for the Pill" is so good I'm jamming it so hard rn.
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| 4.0 excellent | Spiral Skies | April 28th 17 |
This is awesome despite not sounding like a Pygmalion follow-up; hopefully that can come in the future.
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| 4.5 superb | TheManMachine | June 17th 17 |
A capital comeback in that there's no need for em to reinvent the wheel they helped invent. Each of these eight songs are worthily hefty yet light as a feather; and none go cumbersome -- grace comes via showcasing vet-status solidity over overdoing it and dose after dose of effortless bliss. They remain titans of the crystalline tone, meld dreamy slo-mo with the catchy-n-galvanic, rove through the stars and beyond, supply hazy+unintelligible sugar for that guitar-flood pill: ~20 years and it's as if they didn't miss a beat. And maybe just to refute those who think they're reliant on gazin' comes the dignified piano-led closer. Mostly intelligible, even.
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| 3.0 good | zarling53 | May 5th 17 |
It's like they wrote an album to be played during NPR transistions.
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| 4.0 excellent | ExoskeletalJunction | April 20th 22 |
17th April: Slowdive - s/t (dream pop/shoegaze, 2017)
It’s probably impossible to avoid mentioning the context of this - after all, it’s not every
day that a 20+ year return from the dead album actually ends up being worth the hype. It’s
the perfect reunion album, taking enough of Slowdive’s original sound and adding just enough
modern shoegaze twist to keep it sounding relevant and to help the album avoid redundancy.
But above all, they’ve made sure the songs are still good. In fact, these are some of their
best ever, and even when the sound design is lacking, the melodies shine brilliantly above
everything.
7.9 (10th listen)
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| 4.5 superb | PrincyAli | March 22nd 22 |
Two decades later and their sound, as clean as it may sound, is as good as ever. 4.5/5 Favs: Star Roving, Don't Know Why, Sugar for the Pill, Everyone Knows, No Longer Making Time, Falling Ashes
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| 4.0 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | June 2nd 20 |
What a great comeback. It takes influence from all the band's previous records to come up with an album flirting with shoegaze, ambient pop, and dream pop. In a sense, it also dismisses Pygmalion and is the successor Souvlaki was waiting for. It's thus not as subtle as Pygmalion, but some tracks here are some of the most anthemic the band has ever done ("Star Roving", "Don't Know Why"). Slowdive proved that a band can still make a proper comeback in 2017.
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| 4.5 superb | JesusCage | December 4th 17 |
Getting the news that Slowdive were back was, by its own, reason to rejoice, and if to that we add a new album, the expectations skyrocketed, at least for me, being Souvlaki one of my favorite albums. High expectations are hard too meet though, and it's always risky to come back 20 years later. Happily, Slowdived did met the expectations and gave us a superb record, full of walls of sound, dream-pop textures and space rock riffs. A AOTY contender.
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| 4.5 superb | cjbizzlebizzle | August 7th 17 |
20+ years off would leave most artists rusty or stuck in the past but neither of these are the case with the timeless self-titled release of Slowdive. Atmospheric, dreamy and ambient poppy-gaze sounds bring on sentimental, hypnotic, bittersweet and melancholic feelings in a spot-on 45-minute run time. Every single song, every moment seems to serve a purpose and Slowdive do a fantastic job composing the album's flow. The record is flanked by mellow, slower tracks with songs in the middle made up of a mix of uptempo and quiet, timid sections. The songs really feel like they are in the perfect positions. Both vocalists do amazing work matching what the instrumentalists lay down next to them and the atmosphere is one that is easy to get lost in. At times the album feels so grand and at others it can be lonely and minimalist. Slowdive, simply put, just sounds amazing in every way and has some of the best songwriting of the year, if not the decade.
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| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | July 29th 17 |
Slowdive's previous release is one of my all-time favorites, but this one just doesn't hit me the same way. It's still some solid shoegze, but the other one just had this abstract ambience that is totally lacking on this release. As odd as it is to say, these sound more like 'songs' than "Soulvaki" and it just isn't as good.
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| 3.5 great | butcherboy | May 11th 17 |
stronger than the bulk of shoegaze reunion albums, but no masterpiece by a long shot.. quite enjoyable though..
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| 3.0 good | StarlessCore | May 8th 17 |
the other released titled slowdive is better!
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