Shoegaze Creation Records 1993
Download Souvlaki
Other than My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive is probably the most accesible of shoegaze bands. This album is testament to this fact. Souvlaki is an odyssey through a perfect stylized genre blending and an example of shoegaze worthy to be in the same sentence as Loveless.
What adds to this album's greatness is its production work, by none other than the great Brian Eno. With his help, Slowdive created an album of smooth sounding atmospheric pop song craft.
Slowdive's accessibility can be attributed to a lack of harshness in sound and great male-female vocal styles. There are some great songs to be found here, such as the Slowdive classic "Alison", the epic borderline post-rock "Souvlaki Space Station", and the intimate acoustic "Dagger".
Conclusively, Slowdive is one of the great shoegaze bands and should be regarded with great esteem because of this. Souvlaki is one album that should never ever be forgotten.
For Listeners Of: My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, Pale Saints, Chapterhouse, Ride, Lush, Bethany Curve, Lovesliescrushing, Flying Saucer Attack, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Depreciation Guild
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