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Tue, 3 Nov 1998 17:41:22 GMT
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Re: (idm) Slowdive (was Re: Clifford Gilberto)
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quoted 4 lines I really don't think Slowdive (one of my favorite bands of all time,> I really don't think Slowdive (one of my favorite bands of all time, > right up there with Joy Division, Autechre, Stereolab and Aphex) are > just a "crappy shoegazer band." Granted, "Just for a Day" may not have > been the most original album
okay, maybe Slowdive weren't the worst of the 'crappy shoegazer bands' :) - I even liked some of their tracks. But the albums used to really drag on.. :)
quoted 1 line they've had excellent collaborations with both Eno and Reload.>they've had excellent collaborations with both Eno and Reload.
The Reload thing was just a case of them remixing one of slowdive's tracks wasn't it? - unless there was some other collaborative piece?
quoted 2 lines For those who care, Slowdive's latest incarnation Mojave 3 just released> For those who care, Slowdive's latest incarnation Mojave 3 just released > an album produced Mark Van Hoen (aka Locust).
I've got the first Mojave 3 album and by sheer coinincidence popped it on last night to check whether my feelings had changed toward it. They hadn't. Although some of it is good in a slow, minimal, dreamy sort of way, there isn't enough variation - one song sounding like another - and there are frequent lapses into sounding dreary. I'm interested in how the new one sounds though, it's been a while since the last came out (was it 1995?). Nick