Shoegaze has aged so much better than Britpop.

I would almost be inclined to credit Spotify for their growing popularity. Never heard of them before, heard when the sun hits while I was cleaning my room. I literally stopped what I was doing and just stood there and listened.

When I first came across Slowdive a few years ago. My first reaction was, ' Where was this band all my life?' 😭

Slowdive 2017 is arguably the finest comeback album ever. Arguably their best album yet too.

Not to mention some of their unreleased songs like sleep and I saw the Sun are just majestic.

Rutti. In an incredibly strong back catalogue, Rutti is perfection.

"Criminally overlooked." I couldn't have said it better myself. Great video, mate. Thank you.

Golden hair is a cover of a Syd Barrett song from 1969.

Yes! Ive been waiting for this. They're one of my favorite bands

I remember listening to Souvlaki when i was in college and got so obsessed with it because it's atmospheric undertones and the instrumentation. Especially the song 40 days , and Souvlaki Space Station. Then i went back to listen to just for a day and it's one of my favorite albums of all time , i fell in love with the sound of Avalyn I & II , She calls and Primal. Slowdive is (in my opinion) one of the most underrated groups to come out the British music scene in the 1990s , it's melodic and somber sounds has such a feel good type of formality , which is rare to find nowadays , but i believe bands like beach house and cigarettes after sex are obtaining the traditional aspects of shoegaze and dreampop that Slowdive invented in some degree , i love this band and I'm super excited with whatever they'll have coming out.

I accidentally came across them when I heard their track in HMV in the early 90s I bought their album knowing that it would mean I couldn't pay my rent that month I paid the extra next month . This beautiful album has been the soundtrack to my life for over 20 years thank you

19 years later and they produced one of my favorite albums this century . Never got tired of it and still listening to it ! I can’t wait for the new album . They filled in a lot of void with the last one. Absolutely one of my fave bands. Love love love them!

A legendary band, fabulous in concert, excellent musicians.

Star Roving is the heaviest and most euphoric composition I've heard in many a moon. Love their music.

I’m seeing slowdive in a tiny venue in less than a month and I’m so excited I could cry

Thanks for the documentary. Slowdive is one of my favorite bands. I’m surprised they had such criticism from the press. I think they’ve influenced so many younger artists.

And this last album, everything is alive absolute bliss. We'll worth the wait. I cant wait to see them in SF on October 12, 2023.

Excellent video. Slowdive have been one of my favourites for over 30 years. I’m so happy they came back, and that shoegaze in general has come back so well.

Thank you for making this amazing video, been a huge fan of slowdive and wanted to learn more about them. Keep up with great work!

Just discovered your page and let me just say wowwwwww this is the content I needed, brought me back to my roots!!

I just saw them perform live at Primavera Sound in Buenos Aires and I was mesmerized!!

As the sun hits..... Brilliant

Such an incredible history!

Fantastic and informative...I knew some of this but not all of it. Great archival shots and tidbits.KUDOS. I saw them in Chicago(92?) And they were superb.

I like their music. Thank you.

Nice! Many thanks - greatly enjoyed your documentary! Loved these guys in 1991, saw them many times, and then at a Cure gig in 2018 - top noise!

Love there cover art.

You didn't mention it, so I will: "Golden Hair" from Slowdive's third ep *Holding Our Breath* is a Syd Barrett cover. It blows my mind that *Souvlaki* & *Pygmalion* weren't recognized as masterpieces sooner. I'm glad they reunited in time to help me deal with the suicide of my only child. "Sugar for the Pill" is the bee's knees.

Awesome documentary thank you very much for sharing

I'm glad I got to see this and now I know more about my favorite shoegaze band.

já sabia da existência de slowdive a um tempo e nos últimos dias ouvindo "sugar for the pill" e "kisses" aumentou um tanto o interesse, e esse vídeo me prendeu em toda a escala de informação sobre cada passo e projeto da banda, obrigado por ter feito.. não sei se ja lançaram ou vão lançar album mas espero estar presente acompanhando dessa vez já que não tinha dado tanta atenção antes quanto a mereciam.:

Love the new addition of chapters. Great vid!

Thanks for this great documentary. I've been listening to Slowdive and shoegaze since 1991. Slowdive has always been my favorite shoegaze band, and Just for a Day is my favorite Slowdive record.

Slowdive and Mojave 3 ❤❤❤ I feel that their recent reunion is their best work. Sugar for the Pill 😪❤

Slowdive, subbed

late 80s and mid 90s were a great time for music ...

Great content!

Eargasms ❤❤❤😮

Drowned in work and missed their DC concert at the 9:30 club last year (‘23). Still kicking myself for not getting there 😢. Man I hope they make it back to this side of the pond.

Love the 2017 release ❤😄✌️

this is such a good video

This is one of my new favorite KZfaq channels 🥰🥰im just starting to make shoegaze and dreampop and this videos have helped me to understand it even more than i thought i did💗You should do a "the sundays" documentary 🥰

awesome content

There are no synthesizers on Celia's dream nor on just for a day album at all. It's all guitar texturing and an occasional cello played by Spike.

Just for a day is my personal favourite album of all time

For me they are the quintessential shoegaze band. It doesn't get any better for me.

What a nice video, your channel is amazing. Slowdive is one of my favorite bands and I don’t find a lot of good videos talking about them, I’m glad that I find your channel!!!

i never liked slowdive all that much, but allison and when the sun hits are great songs

You should make a documentary about all hidden gems that are unreleased from slowdive. Crazy songs, that are some of the best songs i have ever heard!

I used to talk about Ride and my buddy Shawn would say you need to check out Slowdive. I love the channel. Sent it to a co-worker who loves this genre as well. I like early Blur. Leisure is so great.

I’m 48 shoegaze is my favorite genre. Grunge my 2nd favorite.

VERY comprehensive documentary 👍

Just for a Day is my favourite album of SD ❤

I remember Shine so well, I fell in love to everyone each time I heard that song, it just puts you in a really lovely space! Sadly the British music press at that time were utterly ruthless, just look how most treated the emerging electronic music scene at the time, completely misunderstanding all of it, typically!

Amazing video! I would love to see your take on The Verve

Holding our breath was released the day I was born. That's neat.

If you want to destroy some speakers, Primal is the track for you. It was meant to be played louder than bombs.

I read somewhere that Golden Hair is written by Syd Barrett , the ultra creative member with Robert Smith style Hair of early years The Pink Floyd 👍❤️

I’d love to see a video about m83!

Slowdive_Is_Great!

One of my favourite bands ever. Still have my rather old, faded and tatty original EP T-shirt (large offers considered, lol.). Me and my friends helped the band carry their equipment down the stairs from Ceaser's Palace, Aberdeen the day before Morningrise EP released. I was underage for a drinking establishment and rather drunk, but Rachel let me carry her guitar for her, glad I didn't drop it. We discussed with the band how our local independent record shop had allowed us to buy Morningrise the day before it's release and we had listened to it on repeat before the gig. Not sure they were happy as it takes a days sales off the charting positioning.

I would love to see one of these about LSD and the Search for God! Or maybe it could be rolled into a larger doc about the mid 00's revival with bands like Asobi Seksu , Hammock, and even the adjacent bands/projects like Radio Dept, Jesu, and Ulrich Schnauss.

I’ve got tickets to slowdive!! I’m so fucking excited

love this, could you have a look at "the telescopes"?

Nice!

Jerky Boys also gave Radiohead their album name 'Pablo Honey'

my band

It is worth mentioning the Morr Music compilation double CD which has 1 CD full of brilliant cover versions from across the Slowdive back-catalogue! features artists like Ulrich Schnauss, Lali Puna, Isan, B Fleishcmann & Ms. John Soda, Solvent, Skanfreom, Manual, Herrmann & Kleine amongst others.... Ulruch Schnauss "Crazy For You" & Herrmann & Kleine "Dagger" even challenge the originals as contenders to exceed the originals .... IMHO

Crazy how brutal the press was about shoegaze during that time

I always had the impression heavy guitar shoegaze aged, but Slowdive stayed uptodate, because of their more minimalistic-digital approach. No I see they got no recognition at the time. Slowdive got recognition anyways and heavy guitar shoegaze got a new place. Britpop is forgotten as just a phase. I love to see these docs. By the way, I witnessed some of the most early reunion concerts in Belgium, and it was very special indeed.

Talk about Falling Ashes, best song of the Sugar for the Pill album. I hope they play it live

Just saw this, and I liked it. What I like about this most is the photo references and video clips which give a little more understanding of the hair and fashion style (or lack thereof) of the band and more importantly, just how young they were in the 90's. I also appreciate the matter of fact chronological flow of their records and the reviewer's blurbs. I'm scratching my head at a few (very minor) errors that appear more in the copy editing realm like saying "Catherine's Wheel" instead of Catherine Wheel, "Blue Skied an' Cleared" instead of Blue Skied an' Clear, and "linear" notes instead of liner notes. Also Rachael shares the vocal during the chorus of Alison, I don't know why you said it's a Neil solo vocal. I agree about Pygmalion not really fitting in, but it's a unique, amazing album. I read somewhere Neil was getting into amphetamines and more or less holed up in a flat experimenting with a then-new digital workstation (clunky and outdated by today's standards). I think he even plays the bass, maybe I'm wrong but Nick might have left the band at that point; it's very much a Neil solo record. There are moments of bliss (Blue Skied an' Clear), melancholy (Visions of LA), mystery (Rutti) and menace (Trellisaze), all in a reverbed dream haze. It's such a cool record.

Rutti is THE track and Pygmalion their finest album.

Just for a day is their best album bar none.

❤🎸✌️

8:00 who the fuck gives shit just because someone dislikes it doesn’t not means someone else either. I and so glad that i had the chance to see them live and the had the courage to performed again

Slowdive's covers of Eternal's songs Bleed and Sleep are their best works imo, they're on youtube but not spotify unfortunately

The broadsides from the music press wasn’t personal. They had been guided to create space for what became known at Britpop. So they criticised that which were diversionary genres.

It's pronounced "shawnre", similar to the "g" sound in "mirage".

Berkshiiiiire

Gonna have to add an addendum. New album 9/1/23!

How the hell did critics listen to Alison and When the Sun Hits and think , "this is ass"

cool video but idk if i would call it docu with how your giving your opinion on their discog every two minutes

Can't believe the press held such contempt for this band, it's criminal, especially with the level of vulnerability required to write songs like this.

Can anyone tell me where their song "sleep" fits in to all of this. As I can understand Christian had a song from his Eternal days that they covered which became "Sleep" when is this?

Golden Hair was a Syd Barrett cover - i guess the narrator was unaware

Golden hair is a syd barrett cover

Bro, Golden Hair is a Syd Barret cover, hello???

how avarage of the people that talk about slowdive musics, don't mention Sleep ?? it's the best music of them

The way he says Berkshire hahahahaha

Chapterhouse

"It is a bad record"? WTF?!! What kind of framing is that? Its one of the greatest records of all time!!!

And Spanish Air?

aHeAd oF iTs tiMe

What about their song sleep?

You don’t like or dislike shoe gauge you either get it or you don’t.

Check out Starflyer 59, albums silver and gold

Souvlaki Space Station / Moussaka Chaos is the best. Almost dub!

9:52 Linear notes?😊

I feel pity for early 90’s critics taste