UPC: 887830015929
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: May 21, 2021
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My Bloody Valentine: Kevin Shields (vocals, guitar, samples); Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar); Debbie Googe (bass); Colm O'Ciosoig (drums, samples).
Engineers include: Alan Moulder, Kevin Shields, Colm O'Ciosoig.
To simply call this album the apotheosis of the shoegazing scene--that brief epoch of U.K. indie-rock in which bands turned away from melodic clarity and instead chased after the incendiary rapture of sheer guitar-driven noise--would be an understatement. LOVELESS is the sound of what might've happened if Brian Eno had produced DAYDREAM NATION. Or perhaps it's the thundering ambience of SISTER recorded backwards. Whatever the case, rarely has such a pristine, hypnotic record had such an ungodly amount of sonic tonnage. Opening with four quick beats from some kind of skeletal kick-drum and then proceeding through eleven gleaming movements of titanic distortion and severe melancholy, MBV's great wall of guitar architecture on this recording stands as a monument to the brilliance of its inventors. Released at roughly the same time that Nirvana birthed NEVERMIND, LOVELESS could not have been more different and yet as utterly relevant in shaping future soundscapes. A heavy, heavy record.
Engineers include: Alan Moulder, Kevin Shields, Colm O'Ciosoig.
To simply call this album the apotheosis of the shoegazing scene--that brief epoch of U.K. indie-rock in which bands turned away from melodic clarity and instead chased after the incendiary rapture of sheer guitar-driven noise--would be an understatement. LOVELESS is the sound of what might've happened if Brian Eno had produced DAYDREAM NATION. Or perhaps it's the thundering ambience of SISTER recorded backwards. Whatever the case, rarely has such a pristine, hypnotic record had such an ungodly amount of sonic tonnage. Opening with four quick beats from some kind of skeletal kick-drum and then proceeding through eleven gleaming movements of titanic distortion and severe melancholy, MBV's great wall of guitar architecture on this recording stands as a monument to the brilliance of its inventors. Released at roughly the same time that Nirvana birthed NEVERMIND, LOVELESS could not have been more different and yet as utterly relevant in shaping future soundscapes. A heavy, heavy record.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - only shallow
2 - loomer
3 - touched
4 - to here knows when
5 - when you sleep
6 - i only said
7 - come in alone
8 - sometimes
9 - blown a wish
10 - what you want
11 - soon
Disc 2:
1 - only shallow
2 - loomer
3 - touched
4 - to here knows when
5 - when you sleep
6 - i only siad
7 - come in alone
8 - sometimes
9 - blown a wish
10 - what you want
11 - soon
1 - only shallow
2 - loomer
3 - touched
4 - to here knows when
5 - when you sleep
6 - i only said
7 - come in alone
8 - sometimes
9 - blown a wish
10 - what you want
11 - soon
Disc 2:
1 - only shallow
2 - loomer
3 - touched
4 - to here knows when
5 - when you sleep
6 - i only siad
7 - come in alone
8 - sometimes
9 - blown a wish
10 - what you want
11 - soon