Slowdive – Pygmalion (Vinyl) C418 For Forever

For Forever

includes tracks from their classic debut album

The Cupid album was recorded to analogue tape by Darren McShane at Earwig Studios

filmy enough to catch the breeze but too strong to push aside

it's tempting to want all of The Hawk Is Howling to be as obviously powerful as its biggest tracks

Slowdive – Pygmalion (Vinyl) C418 For ForeverDespite being lumped in with the early 90s shoegazing scene thats inspired the likes of M83, Maps and Serena Maneesh, Slowdive were always a little different to their contemporaries. While Ride and Chapterhouse were wont to immerse their music in an ethereal wall of sound, Slowdive favoured a polite narcotic haze, soothing rather than battering the brain into passive submission. 1995s Pygmalion saw them travel furthest but was also their least