Everything Is Alive - Album
Everything Is Alive (Album) by Slowdive
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Artist Biography For Slowdive
Slowdive Are An English Dream Pop/shoegaze Band That Formed In 1989 In Reading England United Kingdom. Signed To Creation Records In 1990 And Initially Championed By The British Music Press The Band Scored A UK Top Forty Entry With Their Debut Album Just For A Day. The Band Consists Of Rachel Goswell Vocals/guitar Neil Halstead Vocals/guitar Nick Chaplin Bass Christian Savill Guitar And Simon Scott Drums 1990-1994 2014-Present Additionally Ian McCutcheon Replaced Scott From 1994-1995. Goswell And Halstead Had Known Each Other Since Early Childhood In Reading Berkshire. Initial Demos Were Released As The Slowdive EP In Late 1990 The Band's Sound Was Influenced By The Cocteau Twins And Creation Labelmates My Bloody Valentine Featuring Heavy Use Of Guitar Effects And Muted Vocals. Reviews In Melody Maker And The NME Were Enthusiastic And Two Further Well-Regarded EPs Followed In 1991 Morningrise & Holding Our Breath . Their Debut LP Just For A Day Was Written And Recorded In Six Weeks And Was Generally Felt To Be A Disappointment At The Time. At The Same Time The UK Music Press Had Started To Pick Up On The American Grunge Scene And The More Introspective Sounds Of Slowdive Labelmates Ride Chapterhouse And Other "shoegazing" Bands Had Fallen From Critical Favour. American Label SBK Pushed Back The Release Of Just For A Day After A Disastrous Viral Marketing Campaign Involving Vandalism Of A Public Statue . In Early 1992 The Band Toured The USA With Ride And Then Returned To The UK To Record A Second Album. The Band's Second Album Souvlaki Would Later Become Generally The Band's Most Popular And Well-Received Record. The Album Broke New Ground For The Band Two Songs Featured Contributions From Brian Eno "Souvlaki Space Station" Was Influenced By Dub Reggae Tracks Such As "Dagger" And "Here She Comes" Would Become Indications Of The Country-Rock Direction Halstead And Goswell Would Take A Few Years Later And Several Songs Such As "When The Sun Hits" And "Alison" Continued The Style Of The First Album But With Improved Songwriting. Initial Copies Of The UK Version Came With Blue Day A Compilation Of Most Of The Early EP Tracks Originally Released As A Separate Album In Japan And Some European Countries. Later In The Year The Band Also Released The 5 EP Containing Four Songs Showcasing The Influence Of Ambient Techno The Lead Track "In Mind" Was Also Remixed By Bandulu And Reload Both Then Signed To Creation's Dance Label . As With The First Album SBK Delayed Souvlaki's Release And The Band Found Themselves Touring The USA In The Summer Of 1993 As Catherine Wheel's Supporting Act With No Product To Promote. The US Version Of Souvlaki Was Eventually Released In Early 1994 And Included "Some Velvet Morning" Originally Recorded For The Volume 7 Compilation And Three Of The Tracks From The 5 EP. When Slowdive Were Finally Able To Tour America To Support The Album SBK Withdrew Their Funding Halfway Through Two Further Tours In 1994 Were Entirely Funded By The Band. Simon Scott Left Amidst Creative Differences In 1994 He Was Replaced On Drums By Ian McCutcheon. The Band Had Almost Become A Halstead Solo Project By The Recording Of Their Final Album 1995's Pygmalion. A Critically Misunderstood And Widely-Misinterpreted "ambient" Record Pygmalion Took The Dreamy Guitar Sound And Warm-Yet-Solemn Tone Of Earlier Slowdive To A Newer More Minimalist Extreme Similar To Earlier Dream Pop Bands Such As A R Kane Or Bands Such As Labradford. Slowdive Was Dropped By Creation In 1995 A Week After The Release Of Pygmalion Halstead Had Been Warned Before The Recording Of The Album That The Relationship With The Label Would End Unless He Delivered A "pop Album". A Legend Arose That The Band Was Dropped Due To The Gallagher Brothers Refusing To Sign Oasis To Creation If Slowdive And Their Counterparts Remained On The Label's Roster Although Oasis Had In Fact Released Their Debut Single Almost A Year Before Pygmalion. After Being Dropped From Creation Slowdive Eventually Went On Hiatus Later In 1995. Neil Halstead Rachel Goswell And Ian McCutcheon Recorded An Album Of Country-Influenced Songs And Were Signed To Label 4AD Changing The Band Name To Mojave 3. Halstead And Goswell Have Also Both Released Solo Albums For 4AD. Christian Savill Went On To Form Monster Movie A Dream Pop Group That Continued Where Slowdive Left Off. They Have Released Three Albums Thus Far Last Night Something Happened To The Moon Transistor And—most Recently—All Lost. Simon Scott Formed Televise In 2004 A Group Which Developed The Lengthy Noise Swells And Experimental Song Structures That Helped Define Shoegaze While Also Including A More Electronic Brand Of Indie Rock. Eventually All Of Slowdive's Albums Were Reissued In Late 2005. Just For A Day Included A Bonus Disc With All Tracks From The First Three EPs And The Three Songs Recorded For A John Peel Session On 26 March 1991. Souvlaki Included A Bonus Disc With All The Remaining EP Tracks As Well As "Some Velvet Morning" Originally Recorded For A Compilation . Pygmalion—which Had Become A Collector's Item In The Years Since Its Release Due To It Never Being Issued In The USA—contained No Extra Material However. On January 28 2014 Following A 12-Day Countdown And The Appearance Of An Official Website And Twitter Account For The Band Slowdive Announced Their Reunion With The Just For A Day/Souvlaki-Era Line-Up Including Simon Scott As Drummer. The Band Was Confirmed The Same Day To Be Playing The 2014 Primavera Sound Festival In Barcelona Spain. 2014 Saw The Band Go On A 5 Month 40 Date Long Tour. In January 2017 Slowdive Released Their First New Single In 22 Years On The Dead Oceans Label. Another Single And A Self Titled Fourth Album Followed In May 2017 Preceded By Another Single "Sugar For The Pill". In September 2020 Slowdive Announced They Had Begun Work On Their Fifth Studio Album. In April 2023 The Band Confirmed On A Podcast That They Had Finished Their New Album. The Lead Single "Kisses" Was Released On 20 June 2023 And Later That Month The Band Played The Glastonbury Festival For The First Time. The Album's Second Single "Skin In The Game" Was Released On 18 July 2023 Followed By "The Slab" And "Alife" In August And The Album Everything Is Alive Was Released On 1 September 2023.
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Slowdive Are An English Dream Pop/shoegaze Band That Formed In 1989 In Reading England United Kingdom. Signed To Creation Records In 1990 And Initially Championed By The British Music Press The Band Scored A UK Top Forty Entry With Their Debut Album Just For A Day. The Band Consists Of Rachel Goswell Vocals/guitar Neil Halstead Vocals/guitar Nick Chaplin Bass Christian Savill Guitar And Simon Scott Drums 1990-1994 2014-Present Additionally Ian McCutcheon Replaced Scott From 1994-1995. Goswell And Halstead Had Known Each Other Since Early Childhood In Reading Berkshire. Initial Demos Were Released As The Slowdive EP In Late 1990 The Band's Sound Was Influenced By The Cocteau Twins And Creation Labelmates My Bloody Valentine Featuring Heavy Use Of Guitar Effects And Muted Vocals. Reviews In Melody Maker And The NME Were Enthusiastic And Two Further Well-Regarded EPs Followed In 1991 Morningrise & Holding Our Breath . Their Debut LP Just For A Day Was Written And Recorded In Six Weeks And Was Generally Felt To Be A Disappointment At The Time. At The Same Time The UK Music Press Had Started To Pick Up On The American Grunge Scene And The More Introspective Sounds Of Slowdive Labelmates Ride Chapterhouse And Other "shoegazing" Bands Had Fallen From Critical Favour. American Label SBK Pushed Back The Release Of Just For A Day After A Disastrous Viral Marketing Campaign Involving Vandalism Of A Public Statue . In Early 1992 The Band Toured The USA With Ride And Then Returned To The UK To Record A Second Album. The Band's Second Album Souvlaki Would Later Become Generally The Band's Most Popular And Well-Received Record. The Album Broke New Ground For The Band Two Songs Featured Contributions From Brian Eno "Souvlaki Space Station" Was Influenced By Dub Reggae Tracks Such As "Dagger" And "Here She Comes" Would Become Indications Of The Country-Rock Direction Halstead And Goswell Would Take A Few Years Later And Several Songs Such As "When The Sun Hits" And "Alison" Continued The Style Of The First Album But With Improved Songwriting. Initial Copies Of The UK Version Came With Blue Day A Compilation Of Most Of The Early EP Tracks Originally Released As A Separate Album In Japan And Some European Countries. Later In The Year The Band Also Released The 5 EP Containing Four Songs Showcasing The Influence Of Ambient Techno The Lead Track "In Mind" Was Also Remixed By Bandulu And Reload Both Then Signed To Creation's Dance Label . As With The First Album SBK Delayed Souvlaki's Release And The Band Found Themselves Touring The USA In The Summer Of 1993 As Catherine Wheel's Supporting Act With No Product To Promote. The US Version Of Souvlaki Was Eventually Released In Early 1994 And Included "Some Velvet Morning" Originally Recorded For The Volume 7 Compilation And Three Of The Tracks From The 5 EP. When Slowdive Were Finally Able To Tour America To Support The Album SBK Withdrew Their Funding Halfway Through Two Further Tours In 1994 Were Entirely Funded By The Band. Simon Scott Left Amidst Creative Differences In 1994 He Was Replaced On Drums By Ian McCutcheon. The Band Had Almost Become A Halstead Solo Project By The Recording Of Their Final Album 1995's Pygmalion. A Critically Misunderstood And Widely-Misinterpreted "ambient" Record Pygmalion Took The Dreamy Guitar Sound And Warm-Yet-Solemn Tone Of Earlier Slowdive To A Newer More Minimalist Extreme Similar To Earlier Dream Pop Bands Such As A R Kane Or Bands Such As Labradford. Slowdive Was Dropped By Creation In 1995 A Week After The Release Of Pygmalion Halstead Had Been Warned Before The Recording Of The Album That The Relationship With The Label Would End Unless He Delivered A "pop Album". A Legend Arose That The Band Was Dropped Due To The Gallagher Brothers Refusing To Sign Oasis To Creation If Slowdive And Their Counterparts Remained On The Label's Roster Although Oasis Had In Fact Released Their Debut Single Almost A Year Before Pygmalion. After Being Dropped From Creation Slowdive Eventually Went On Hiatus Later In 1995. Neil Halstead Rachel Goswell And Ian McCutcheon Recorded An Album Of Country-Influenced Songs And Were Signed To Label 4AD Changing The Band Name To Mojave 3. Halstead And Goswell Have Also Both Released Solo Albums For 4AD. Christian Savill Went On To Form Monster Movie A Dream Pop Group That Continued Where Slowdive Left Off. They Have Released Three Albums Thus Far Last Night Something Happened To The Moon Transistor And—most Recently—All Lost. Simon Scott Formed Televise In 2004 A Group Which Developed The Lengthy Noise Swells And Experimental Song Structures That Helped Define Shoegaze While Also Including A More Electronic Brand Of Indie Rock. Eventually All Of Slowdive's Albums Were Reissued In Late 2005. Just For A Day Included A Bonus Disc With All Tracks From The First Three EPs And The Three Songs Recorded For A John Peel Session On 26 March 1991. Souvlaki Included A Bonus Disc With All The Remaining EP Tracks As Well As "Some Velvet Morning" Originally Recorded For A Compilation . Pygmalion—which Had Become A Collector's Item In The Years Since Its Release Due To It Never Being Issued In The USA—contained No Extra Material However. On January 28 2014 Following A 12-Day Countdown And The Appearance Of An Official Website And Twitter Account For The Band Slowdive Announced Their Reunion With The Just For A Day/Souvlaki-Era Line-Up Including Simon Scott As Drummer. The Band Was Confirmed The Same Day To Be Playing The 2014 Primavera Sound Festival In Barcelona Spain. 2014 Saw The Band Go On A 5 Month 40 Date Long Tour. In January 2017 Slowdive Released Their First New Single In 22 Years On The Dead Oceans Label. Another Single And A Self Titled Fourth Album Followed In May 2017 Preceded By Another Single "Sugar For The Pill". In September 2020 Slowdive Announced They Had Begun Work On Their Fifth Studio Album. In April 2023 The Band Confirmed On A Podcast That They Had Finished Their New Album. The Lead Single "Kisses" Was Released On 20 June 2023 And Later That Month The Band Played The Glastonbury Festival For The First Time. The Album's Second Single "Skin In The Game" Was Released On 18 July 2023 Followed By "The Slab" And "Alife" In August And The Album Everything Is Alive Was Released On 1 September 2023.
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Published: 07 Jul 2023, 22:58
The Fifth Album From Shoegaze Giants Slowdive Contains The Duality Of A Familiar Internal Language Mixed With The Exaltation Of New Beginnings. Everything Is Alive Is Transportive Searching And Aglow The Work Of A Classic Band Continuing To Pitch Its Unmistakable Voice To The Future. Six Years After The Group’s Monumental Self-Titled Album Everything Is Alive Finds Slowdive—vocalists And Guitarists Rachel Goswell And Neil Halstead Guitarist Christian Savill Bassist Nick Chaplin And Drummer Simon Scott—locating Evermore Contours Of Its Immersive Elemental Sound. The New Record Began With Halstead In The Role Of Writer And Producer Working On Demos At Home. Experimenting With Modular Synths Halstead Originally Conceived Of Everything Is Alive As A “more Minimal Electronic Record.” Slowdive’s Collective Decision-Making Ultimately Drew The Group Back Towards Their Signature Reverb-Drenched Guitars But That First Concept Seeped Into The Compositions. “As A Band When We’re All Happy With It That Tends To Be The Stronger Material ” Halstead Says. “We’ve Always Come From Slightly Different Directions And The Best Bits Are Where We All Meet In The Middle.” The Convergence Of Five Unique Characters Has Made The Sound. “Slowdive Is Very Much The Sum Of Its Parts ” Goswell Adds. “Something Unquantifiable Happens When The Five Of Us Come Together In A Room.” The Group’s Projected Studio Sessions For Everything Is Alive In April 2020 Were Naturally Scrapped And When The Group Finally Did Meet Up Six Months Later At Courtyard Studio Where They’ve Historically Recorded The Mood Was Jubilant. Finally They Had A Proper Reason To Leave The House. That Was The Beginning Of A Multi-Year Recording Process Which Moved From Oxfordshire And Into The Wolds Of Lincolnshire And Back To Neil’s Own Cornish Studio Before Extending Into February 2022 When The Band Brought In Mixer Shawn Everett The War On Drugs SZA Alvvays To Mix Six Of The Record’s Eight Tracks. Owing To Their Deep History There’s A Palpable Familial Energy To Slowdive In 2023. Everything Is Alive Is Dedicated To Goswell’s Mother And Scott’s Father Who Both Died In 2020. “There Were Some Profound Shifts For Some Of Us Personally ” Goswell Says. Those Crossroads Are Reflected In The Many-Layered Emotional Tenor Of Slowdive’s Music Everything Is Alive Is Heavy With Experience But Each Note Is Poised Wise And Necessarily Pitched To Hope. Its Unique Alchemy Subtly Embodies Both Sadness And Gratitude Groundedness And Uplift. Reflecting On “kisses ” Which May Be Slowdive’s Surest Pop Moment Yet Halstead Said “It Wouldn’t Feel Right To Make A Really Dark Record Right Now. The Album Is Quite Eclectic Emotionally But It Does Feel Hopeful.” Everything Is Alive Is Exactly What The Title Suggests An Exploration Into The Shimmering Nature Of Life And The Universal Touch Points Within It. Spanning Psychedelic Soundscapes Pulsating 80’s Electronic Elements And John Cale Inspired Journeys The Album Lands Immediately As Something Made For The Future Which Figures As Their Fanbase Has Grown Younger And Younger As Time Has Gone On And Their Influence On Forward Thinking Musical Artists Continues To Prevail. 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 Optimistic.