Slowdive - Everything Is Alive

Crap, sold out in SF. Alas. Glad I saw them for the s/t tour at least

Agreed there! But I'll make my way into that show yet.

aw, was hoping for a few more new tracks in the Glastonbury set... they're being coy!

I think both LA shows are sold out. When I checked last they only had $200 tickets for the second night.

Gotta admit, this song is indistinguishable from 500 other bands that bang around the gazey landfill of the last 5 years. Full circle? Maybe, but it wish it had ANY personality.

I saw them just before they released the s/t, I think maybe it was at the Mayan in downtown LA. Absolutely great. Really kinda floored me, as did that album. Getting the sense I won't see them this time around, but glad they're selling out the venues.

Disagree that "Kisses" has no personality. Next to the flangy guitars, I clearly hear the singer of Mojave 3 and no one else. (The synthesis of those two strands of Halstead's career is a nice touch on the 2017 record and now this.)

That said, this was presumably chosen as the first promotional track because it is straightforward pop. I'm curious to see how challenging the other tracks are, since the press release mentions electronic experimentation.

second show added on Oct 16 in SF. hyped to see them again.

Oh nice! On sale now?

Answering my own question: yes they are! Thanks for the tip, just got GA floor.

ehh, I find the new song completely forgettable. Like something he'd write in his sleep.

Nice I'll be there as well!

Babe wake up new slowdive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWtlDuzHc4g

Liking this one better than the first single. Love the guitar sound.

listening to these new songs while it thunderstorms outside… bliss

I really like this one. It's a lot more instant than Kisses. His voice sounds a bit like Alasdair from The Clientele on it.

This is great, this album might even be better than the last one.

this one's much better than "kisses"

Much better than kisses but still..

interesting track although the chorus vocal sounds like a pisstake. The guitar part sounds like the first EP!

Yeah not fully sold on the vocals but guitars sound amazing

Saw their gig last night, brilliant show, they are an absolute powerhouse live (loud!). Weirdly they only played “kisses” from the upcoming record—I was half-expecting some more new tracks but I guess they’ll add them to the setlist for the autumn run of shows, once the album is out? Rachel stole the audience’s hearts btw

New song next week: The Slab

The Slab.

Coming next week. pic.twitter.com/HNSBYRyNSx

— Slowdive (@slowdiveband) August 4, 2023

It’s out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiQUd6F6_kw

Alright, this is the first track that offers the more ambient, electronic stylings that the press release augured. I admit, I didn’t expect Slowdive 2023 to sound like Seefeel 1993. Still, nothing at all wrong with this tune and I still look forward to the album.

That is about fifty times better than “Kisses” and now I’m keen to hear the album

I just hope that the album is released in a digital format that isn’t brickwalled like this YT upload. Rachel Goswell is famously partly deaf, and the other members are getting on in years. Hopefully they listened to younger engineers who could ensure some room to breathe in the tracks.

yeah this is definitely the best so far

They are releasing a third song from an album of eight? I'm going to wait to hear the full album.

Sadly the mastering on iTunes download is as awful as on YouTube, one of the loudest files in my library.

Waveform of The Slab is literally a slab. Maybe it’s conceptual.

Rachel Goswell is famously partly deaf, and the other members are getting on in years.

Jesus, they're only in their early fifties. This isn't the Rolling Stones we're talking about!

they're of a generation that should hate brickwalling since they know what a real mastering job sounds like

Jesus, they're only in their early fifties.

As anyone in their early fifties could tell you, one’s ears aren’t what they were in one’s twenties or thirties. And all those changes in hearing are well known even for ordinary people, let alone members of a loud concert scene.

I'm in that age bracket myself, and while my ears' frequency range certainly isn't what it once was, I am still plenty capable of discerning a brickwall-limiter job from something with decent dynamic range. I just think it's kind of presumptuous to imply that Halstead and co. can't tell the difference any more?

Alex Lifeson brickwalled Rush’s Vapor Trails album at the age of 49. It seems a reasonable presumption that any rock artists are going to need younger ears to serve as a check.

really love all three of the advance tracks, i listen to them every day

I don't think younger ears would really help with brickwalling, it's more just a question of realizing it sounds like shit and you should allow for some headroom for dynamics

Apparently there's an ATMOS mix of this?

https://thequietus.com/articles/33300-slowdive-rachel-goswell-interview-favourite-music

(the thing that jumped out at me from this is neil having to pawn his guitar)

that and Rachel being BFFs with Wayne Hussey!

the phone call thing was a bit creepy

Yup

feel like if it had been creepy then adult Rachel wouldn't have wanted to meet up and hang out with him so I will go with her take on it

Are Jadu Heart any good?

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/slowdive-rachel-goswell-everything-is-alive-album-tour-1235403397/

The angst that was there between Neil and I at certain points in the ’90s — that isn’t there anymore. We were together from about the age of 18 to 22, and split up just before Souvlaki — that is kind of seen as the breakup record — and it was obviously not an easy time for either of us. To have to remain in a band together post-that was very difficult. Normally you distance yourself, and we weren’t able to do that. It wasn’t easy, and I mentally probably quite destructive — certainly for me during those bloody years.

All of that is gone. Thirty-odd years has passed, and a lot has happened. I do feel like we have a genuine friendship within the band.

they've done it again!

maybe doesn't reach the same highs as the s/t and the sequencing is a little odd (mostly just "prayer remembered" is in an odd spot) but it's another great album from them. i'd even say their post-reunion discography > pre-reunion discography now! it's drawing a bit more on pygmalion and 5 than the s/t but also pushing into somewhat new territory with modular synth arpeggios everywhere

Xxpost: the new Jadu Heart album is probably their best yet. I like it, but your mileage may vary… they’re a bit generic indie rock… nothing special, but nothing offensive.

Wow they are finally playing close enough to me that I can see them!! Now just to see if I can get tickets...

There will be a Live Nation pre-sale for select dates (use access code STRUM) starting on Thursday, July 25th ahead of the public on-sale on Friday, July 26th via Ticketmaster.

Thanks for the alert Ned, I was able to get artist presale tickets this morning for the FL show. Very very excited!

Have a blast!

an hour-long Arte studio performance + interview in November 2023 (with crowdsurfing)
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/116751-000-A/slowdive/

Have to miss this go-round in Philly because I am giving a reading in NYC the same night. Rats!

Ask them to be your backing band and deliver it jazz beatnik style

I wish~!

Couple of new remixes to tie in with the American tour:

Daniel Avery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x74pvHT3f_A

Grouper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD9rokyzLbA

okay the daniel avery mix is completely great

both are great!

Loving the Grouper version

This album has legs:

Slowdive 2024 – 2025 Tour Dates:

11/21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
11/22 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live!
11/23 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
01/25 – Toronto, CA @ Massey Hall
01/26 – Ottawa, CA @ Bronson Centre
01/28 – Montreal, CA @ L’Olympia
01/30 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
01/31 – North Adams, MA @ Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
02/01 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
02/02 – Boston, MA @ Something In The Way Festival
02/04 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
02/05 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
02/07 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
04/10 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton

as a follow-up to my posts upthread: saw them, loved them, was surprised how much energy they put into some of the songs. "Alison" was sprightly!

read somewhere that 4AD may be reissuing the Mojave 3 albums this upcoming year as well.

i saw them less than two years ago right before this album came out and now they're playing here again already in a few months but idk if i really need to see them play pretty much the same set again

why not? life is short and they're great live

I was about to say, enjoy the flow.

West Coast return in full!

May 10, 2025
Pasadena, CA
Just Like Heaven 2025

May 11, 2025
Oakland, CA
Fox Theater

May 13, 2025
Seattle, WA
Paramount Theatre

May 14, 2025
Eugene, OR
The Cuthbert Amphitheater

May 16, 2025
Salt Lake City, UT
Kilby Block Party

And off to the Oakland show in a bit, see you there if you're there...

the first 3 albums are being rereleased - they're doing a signing session in Seattle tomorrow.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJXjBpQxbtk

great show at the Fox, horrible sound (which is true for about 50% of the shows at the Fox). Neil's voice was inaudible the entire night (not to mention the entire PA going out for a few seconds)

Yeah that was a moment. (Not a good one.)

I’ve finally caught up on last week’s batch just in time for tomorrow’s final drop. God this show is so next level compared to every other Star Wars thing.

Co-signing a lot of what was said by all of you above. Will add my favorite thing about s8 was the steady repetition of the protestors’ chants for such a long stretch of the show. It built tension so exquisitely - and then when they shift to singing it just ratchets everything up. A+ sound design.

lol that was for the Andor thread. Oops

that's no moon...it's souvlaki space station