The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

I wouldn't take the word of anyone who can't actually get their facts right - Goodge was BASSIST, not vocalist.

Improvise yer ass outta here, funhater!

or maybe that's something that's just required in the American Midwest...

oi!

I deal in facts. you deal in myths.

free jazz/improv has a small but committed audience. ppl who are into indie go into management.

seems roughly equal to "I will spin it positively for the subculture I like, and negatively for the one I don't" - if indie is "dead," then free jazz has decomposed. I happen to like both so whateveh, but I just wanted to say.

(but actually, indie is not that much of a 'subculture' anymore whereas 60s jazz and free improv (there is a distinction here btw), despite being older, has more of that, but that doesn't matter)

http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1431220.html

http://www.mybloodyvalentine.net/

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Kevin Shields
Member Since May 2003
Last Login 01/06/2004 

Gender:
Male

Interested in
Meeting People for:
Friends, Activity Partners

Status:
Single

Age:
40

Occupation:
Recording artist & dyslexia spokesman

Location:
United Kingdom

Hometown:
Long Island, NY and Dublin, Ireland

Interests:
Rearranging my recording studio, bankrupting record labels, the hypnagogic state, gourmet meals, martial arts, breeding chinchillas, smoking lots of dope, watching lots of TV, easy projects, writing fresh and simple material, and just keeping it simple!

Favorite Music:
Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach, Beatles, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Ramones

Favorite TV Shows:
Just about anything, really.

About Me:
You may have heard of my band, My Bloody Valentine. Many critics have written about us in very flowery terms. I don't think I understood what they were saying in those reviews half the time. That guy from Phish loves me guitar sounds though. Do me a favor and buy my Lost in Translation soundtrack. Island Records isn't helping me out much these days. Also kids, don't forget to buy our box set that's coming out in early '04.

Who I Want to Meet:
Great recording effects designers, more film directors, those with good weed, record labels who understand my fondness for expensive food and all of the time I like to spend in and out of the studio. Just remember... I NO LONGER DO REMIXES!

When is yer 'Isn't anything' due?

I must achieve my breakthrough.

http://www.mybloodyvalentine.net/news/boxset.html

http://metroencoding.net/emperornorton/ref/kevinshields_city-girl_320x180_large-REF.mov

...and there's something wrong with the quality of that video to you? that's probably one of the better audio quality recordings of them on YouTube. I guess that ain't saying much because most of them are abysmal

He refuses to be broadcast live (eg Glastonbury) and even though we all might think that song clip sounds great, he might not.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1cx411C7Na/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.-1

Veronica I can't thank you enough for showing me this, this might actually be my favorite of theirs now. watching what he does with his hands on honey power was just fascinating. highly recommend.

Also, look at what I found on that same site--

【My Bloody Valentine - Live at Portland Arms, Cambridge, 1987-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/8Bm4c7w

forgive me if this already a well known video to you all but I never thought I'd see a video of a full 1987 show from them! Ned's probably already seen it.

setlist:

1.Sylvie's Head
2.Kiss the Eclipse
3.By the Danger in Your Eyes
4.Paint a Rainbow
5.Strawberry Wine
6.Thorn
7.We're So Beautiful
8.Lovelee Sweet Darlene
9.We're So Beautiful
10.Sunny Sundae Smile
11.No Place to Go
12.Mary, Mary (The Monkees Cover)

featuring a very early version of Thorn that only slightly resembles the YMMR one

can barely see most of the band members but Shields looks like a teenager in this video. very very much looks like an indie kid here hahaha

150 artists confirmed in massive Primavera Sound 2026 announcement
https://www.kerrang.com/primavera-sound-barcelona-2026-line-up-the-cure-my-bloody-valentine-pinkpantheress-skrillex-knocked-loose-ethel-cain

Next year’s Primavera Sound Barcelona line-up is looking incredible – from The Cure and my bloody valentine to Skrillex, Knocked Loose, Touché Amoré, Lambrini Girls and more

7.We're So Beautiful
8.Lovelee Sweet Darlene
9.We're So Beautiful

^^^are my ears playing tricks, or isn't the first one of these two instances of 'We're So Beautiful' actually 'Never Say Goodbye'?

Great find, this. I have such a soft spot for jangle-pop era MBV.

Primavera Barca 2026 👀

*hope for US tour announcement increases*

God, please.

Man how good are New Song 1 and New Song 2? But does anyone else feel like these songs feel very "last album"/farewell album?

I can see New Song 1 fitting as the last song on the last album. It feels like a hopeful, positive goodbye, and a "remember us by this" type thing.

Meanwhile New Song 2 sounds like a bittersweet farewell, like a "don't forget us, we love you, goodbye"

I think we can all feel in our hearts that their next album will be their last ;__;

holy shit. thread is delivering

the upcoming tour means we might get a new interview where shields details that currently three eps and one mini-album are in the works

Did they tour for that guitar pedal Kevin made?

Presale in 2 days y'all. Anyone here going? I can't afford a trip to Barcelona but when can we count on a promise, let alone a hope, from MBV? My only gripe is that from my understanding they don't sound great at open air fests and are best heard in an indoor venue. And also... Massive Attack and Merzbow.

I'm a "front row for every concert" type of person & I like it that way but trying to camp out for 10+ hours on the grass right in front of the stage at a fest is much shittier than waiting in line for a venue... where someone can hold your place while you seek a restroom or food

Did they tour for that guitar pedal Kevin made?

it came out 2 years ago and they did not tour in 2023, unfortunately, no

My only gripe is that from my understanding they don't sound great at open air fests

FWIW, MBV at Coachella 2009 was an all-timer

I just bought presale tickets to Primavera and got a rush of excitement. Never been to Spain before, never seen MBV before

buy yourself some supportive socks and shoes for prima barcelona. 3 days on that concrete site, with some longish walks between stages, is a killer. and enjoy! obviously.

Thank you for the thoughtful tip Jamie :) I haven't taken a look at the site itself just yet but yes absolutely.

Haven't heard of 90% of these performers.. but that's on me, not them

Also dang Einsturzende Neubauten is gonna be there!!!

you've got yourself a Slowdive too, their recent tours have been pretty great

yeah Slowdive are amazing live these days

fuck yeah, two shoegaze legends in one festival, at Barcelona, no less.

I'm attending with my friend who is a seasoned festival veteran, but has anyone any tips on how early I should begin camping out by the stage in order to get front row? I expect there to be MBV fans even more rabid than I am so there's gonna be a bit of competition for that spot. I usually arrive to concert venues 8 hours before doors

Also seeing Boris next month for their Pink tour ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Milica, have you heard the "secret" tracks that were included in some early shipments of the Shields Blender?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qkSSXhWviI

encino, I sure have! did you hear that only one of those two tracks ended up being genuine? the one assert linked above me is the only thing that was released on the blender.

new song 2 is just one of fave MBV tracks at this point. absolutely cannot wait to hear it on an album.

So, here we go and yep, my blurb on the back:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:kqdyhnklmmv34nmml6btyqv6/bafkreiciffddqt55uycb4hp5sqpfrtcl2xcw4odpc6cmdvwhv5v2e333yy@jpeg

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Further details at https://www.turnmyheadintosound.com/ as before, but it's essentially here, so order if you haven't!

I had no idea Deb released a solo album this year
https://dagoogie.bandcamp.com/album/the-golden-thread

Ned, have you written a review for this book yet? If so, I'd love to read it.

I...couldn't do that? I've written a blurb, that takes me out of formal contention for a review! That's just ethics. If you want my review, there's the blurb, and I mean that!

I wasn't able to read the whole blurb yet but what I've gotten through so far was excellent.

Ned: are you okay with me reviewing your blurb?

I would never say no.

I'm still working my way through Evan's post about Ned's blurb before I get to the blurb itself and, eventually, the book!

I noticed my name in the last post. Not sure why at the moment as I don't have a lot of time to spare - hoping it's all good things!

Very good things, was just prepping a rapturous review of your post for your partial reading of Ned's blurb.

This post provides the most thorough accounting yet of Evan's full, multi-word sentence, even including those words where he seemed simple. Whether you're a new reader or someone who was there for for Ned's blurb, you'll not learn much!

-jon (poster and via chi 2.0)

A bit surprised I haven't seen any discussion of the book on the MBV reddit sub I occasionally lurk. To be fair, the discussions are not usually too substantive over there

Hahahahah XD this killed me. Let me try that again: Ned, would you happen to have a longer review of the book? Is your little blurb the whole of your review of just a piece of it?

Paul, yeah, I've noticed that - since there's been so little news lately, it's been a lot of shitposting. I'm also surprised there's no mention of the book because that sub is chock full of devoted Kevin fanbois and fangirls (as mentioned earlier - along the lines of "does anyone know where I can buy Kevin's holey jumper")

Is your little blurb the whole of your review

yes, that's what Ned was saying

and more to the point, they are not the same - they are mutually exclusive

Both indie bookstores I checked with have it listed with a December 2, 2025 pub date here in the States. Maybe it's quiet because that subreddit is more US based?

could’ve read the whole damn book by now ffs

"Secret" warm-up show happening in Dublin tonight, sold out of course.

https://foggynotions.ie/concerts/a-live-event-19-november-dublin/

The original venue was supposed to be a little 250 capacity club... guess that was a fever-dream.

https://i.ibb.co/m5W0sFkS/586198503-25011574041846106-4905877707819248064-n.jpg

2nd shirt from left 10/10

reportedly no new material premiered but there was a live debut

There's no new material because the two albums that were meant to be released in 2016 and have been being "finished off" ever since don't exist. Still can't wait to see them in Manchester next week :)

Shame they changed the location. The National Stadium is a truly terrible venue

Shame they changed the location. The National Stadium is a truly terrible venue

Was it supposed to be somewhere else? I completely missed it, but I’m seeing them on Saturday.

Well that's the word on the street

It seemed to sell out pretty much as soon as the email went out but then a load more tickets ended up getting released

Sounds like there were issues getting into the venue and with the sound too

Doesn’t surprise me. It was built for boxing, not for music, despite the decades of gigs that have been there.

would love to see "off your face" footage 🥵

Off Your Face is such a great song I almost regret not getting tickets for next week, but I want to protect my hearing.