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SLOWDIVE — Everything is Alive (Crystal Clear vinyl)
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Sechs Jahre nach dem monumentalen Comeback mit dem selbstbetitelten Album, finden slowdive - bestehend aus Rachel Goswell und Neil Halstead (beide Vocs und Git.), Christian Savill (Git.), Nick Chaplin (Bass) und Drummer Simon Scott - auf "everything is alive" immer mehr Konturen ihres eindringlichen, elementaren Sounds. Das fnfte Album der Shoegaze-Giganten enthlt die Dualitt einer vertrauten inneren Sprache, gemischt mit der Exaltiertheit von Neuanfngen. "everything is alive" ist transportierend, suchend und leuchtend, das Werk einer klassischen Band, die ihre unverwechselbare Stimme weiter in die Zukunft richtet. Das neue Album begann mit Halstead in der Rolle des Autors und Produzenten, der zu Hause an Demos arbeitete. Halstead experimentierte mit modularen Synthesizern und stellte sich "everything is alive" ursprnglich als ein "minimaleres elektronisches Album" vor. Die kollektive Entscheidungsfindung von slowdive fhrte die Band schlielich zurck zu ihren charakteristischen, mit Hall durchtrnkten Gitarren, aber dieses erste Konzept sickerte in die Kompositionen ein. "Wenn wir als Band alle damit zufrieden sind, ist das tendenziell das strkere Material. Wir sind immer aus leicht unterschiedlichen Richtungen gekommen, und die besten Stcke sind dort, wo wir uns alle in der Mitte treffen", sagt Halstead. "slowdive ist vor allem die Summe seiner Teile", fgt Goswell hinzu. "Wenn wir fnf in einem Raum zusammenkommen, passiert etwas Undefinierbares." Der mehrjhrige Aufnahmeprozess begann im Herbst 2020 im Courtyard Studio, wo die Band schon immer aufgenommen hat, setzte sich dann in Oxfordshire und in der umliegenden Heide von Lincolnshire fort, um dann wieder zurck in Neils eigenes Studio in Cornwall zu gelangen. Anfang 2022 holte die Band Shawn Everett (The War On Drugs, Alvvays, SZA) ins Studio, um sechs der acht Tracks des Albums abzumischen. "everything is alive" ist genau das, was der Titel andeutet: eine Erkundung der schillernden Natur des Lebens und der universellen Berhrungspunkte darin. Mit seinen psychedelischen Klanglandschaften, pulsierenden 80er-Jahre-Elektronik-Elementen und John Cale-inspirierten Reisen wirkt das Album sofort wie etwas, das fr die Zukunft gemacht ist; das passt, denn die Fangemeinde der Band ist im Laufe der Zeit immer jnger geworden, und ihr Einfluss auf vorwrts denkende Musik-Knstler*innen ist ungebrochen. Fr ein Genre, das oft als spalterisch angesehen wird und oft Introspektion rechtfertigt, zeigen slowdive hier, dass sie ihr Handwerk beherrschen, indem sie es ber das Singulre hinaus vorantreiben; das Endergebnis ist eine Platte, die sich ebenso emotional und kathartisch wie optimistisch anfhlt.
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 groups monumental self-titled album, everything is alive finds Slowdivevocalists and guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead, guitarist Christian Savill, bassist Nick Chaplin, and drummer Simon Scottlocating 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. Slowdives 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 were all happy with it, that tends to be the stronger material, Halstead says. Weve 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 groups 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 theyve 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 Neils 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 records eight tracks.
Owing to their deep history, theres a palpable familial energy to Slowdive in 2023. everything is alive is dedicated to Goswells mother and Scotts 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 Slowdives 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 Slowdives surest pop moment yet, Halstead said, It wouldnt 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 80s 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.
https://slowdive.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-alive
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 groups monumental self-titled album, everything is alive finds Slowdivevocalists and guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead, guitarist Christian Savill, bassist Nick Chaplin, and drummer Simon Scottlocating 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. Slowdives 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 were all happy with it, that tends to be the stronger material, Halstead says. Weve 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 groups 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 theyve 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 Neils 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 records eight tracks.
Owing to their deep history, theres a palpable familial energy to Slowdive in 2023. everything is alive is dedicated to Goswells mother and Scotts 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 Slowdives 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 Slowdives surest pop moment yet, Halstead said, It wouldnt 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 80s 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.
https://slowdive.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-alive