Slowdive's 2017 album

No title yet but they're signed to Dead Oceans, and here's the first track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogCih4OavoY

Aw, it's really good!

it's a bit more energetic than they ever really were isn't it? the sound is nice but the song is a bit repetitive and it doesn't really have what i liked about them.

it's alright. maybe they'll tour again :)

it's kinda boring and doesn't really go anywhere and that riff sounds like the 30th best new order riff or something but i still kinda like it. i like the guitar sound.

i really like it! totally here for their comeback

Song is OK, but it needs a chorus.

sounds ride-y

I like that new song, it's got a similar feel to the Black Hearted Brother album.

True! I figure that's gonna be a more apt reference point for Slowdive in 2017 than stuff from 20+ years ago.

Was kind of hoping for Pygmalion Part Two to be honest.

I totally dig it, it reminds me of the best bits of the Minor Victory album.

It's good - reunion records are hit and miss so this is a relief

i really like this, hope the album is in a similar vain.

Similarly vain?

lol, going too fast like always (this is chat without the *) *vein, still need an edit button for ilx.

Oh man, this song is great. Really great. What a return to form! Fuck... can't wait for the album to drop.

On a personal note, I got into Slowdive when I was living in Santa Cruz during a bad spot in my life and they were great therapy. Now whenever I hear them I get visuals of a cloudy beach and the feelings of comfort and hope. This song immediately brought back those emotions and I'm in love again.

Is an album confirmed?

Was only half listening to the interview with Rachel on 6 Music but thought she said they'd be releasing some new tracks this year but nothing about an album.

Damnit don't dash my hopes like this

Well per my opening note above, the announcement of the new track also specifically mentioning signing to Dead Oceans -- so some sort of formal release is implied but hey, maybe they're going totally old school and releasing three EPs first.

http://www.slowdiveofficial.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/us-tour-2017-poster-723x1024.jpg

No west coast love? Hopefully there will be more dates added.

not a fan of the new track but hoping the album is better

I enjoyed the new song but

Was kind of hoping for Pygmalion Part Two to be honest.

They're doing a festival in Dallas at the end of April:

http://www.fortressfestival.com/

I hope they can tack on an Austin show too!

European tour!

. Monday 27th March – The Art School, Glasgow, UK – TICKETS ON SALE 10am 17/02/2017

. Tuesday 28th March – Art Club, Liverpool, UK – TICKETS ON SALE 10am 17/02/2017

. Thursday 30th March – The Fleece, Bristol, UK – TICKETS ON SALE 10am 17/02/2017

. Sunday 2nd April – Trabendo, Paris, France – ON SALE NOW
http://www.digitick.com/index-css5-supermonamour-pg1.html

. Monday 3rd April – Festsaal, Berlin, Germany – ON SALE NOW
http://www.eventim.de/tickets.html…

Album out May 5th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxwAPBxc0lU

...and it's FUCKING GREAT!!!!

Yup, totally!

I run all my music via a lossless iTunes library running from an old iMac to a nice DAC plugged into my stereo. Anyway when I called up "recent additions" to put the new Slowdive album on, iTunes slotted the tracks from the 1990 Slowdive EP into the list because the name was the same. While playing it slipped seamlessly from "Slomo" into "Slowdive" while I had my attention on the stuff I'm working on. I made a brief mental note that yeah, the new record really does have a similar sound to the old stuff, this really does sound like ... wait a minute ... !

these songs all sound like they have been living in my head for years in the most fantastic way .

best not-forced sounding comeback

Got home pretty blotto and beat down and blasted this very loud. It was heaven. Also the vinyl mastering on this one is really nice. Sugar For the Pill is kind of an instant classic.

Interview with Simon here.

Nice to see he's talking about the next album and so this hopefully won't be one of those one album reunions.

https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/slowdive-electronic-music-simon-scott-interview

i was a casual slowdive fan, didn't spend a ton of time w/them back in the day but had some friends that liked them and did listen to them on spotify from time to time

anyway, i've been listening to a decent bit of old and new slowdive recently and maybe i'm challopsing but i think this new one is their best album (for me at least)

best not-forced sounding comeback

Mission of Burma ftw.

The fourth Mazzy Star album (following a 17-year hiatus) I think could also fairly be called a not-forced sounding comeback.

yeah burma almost felt even more like an extension than a comeback, or maybe the album they were working on when they split, like it had some from Forget like "Playland" and "Hunt Again" and then Max Ernst

Don't forget Dino Jr

"It would be ridiculous if we were in it for the money because we spent every penny we made from the reformation gigs on the new album." Lol

They were GREAT at Roskilde last saturday. My back hurt so I left a bit early, but then they hit their final noisy climax at exactly the moment the sun came back out for the first time in four days, and it was magical.

kind of growing on me

Those ambient and more minimal techno influences are going to be stronger in the next record, plus Terry Reilly or Steve Reich-type minimalism.

from that interview upthread

I didn't like "Sugar For The Pill" when I heard it as a single but in the album it sounds fine. I've ended up really liking this album, it's sounded great on the stronger days of summer.

f. hazel OTM

Mazzy star FTW

for everyone's info, here is the bigger, longer thread about this album:

Slowdive - s/t (2017): let's rejoice, shall we?