![]() Slowdive are making music again, brilliantly so in fact. Instead of calling it a day in their early years, Slowdive’s story sees them artistically revitalised over the two decades since their last album, the underrated Pygmalion. ![]() It’s a tale that isn’t steeped in the rock and roll star cool of a Lou Reed or an Alex Chilton, rather it’s a different kind of strut, one where the music is the star. Slowdive - singers and guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead, drummer Simon Scott, guitarist Christian Savill, and bassist Nick Chaplin - have a similarly redemptive story. ![]() But they became key influences for countless bands that discovered the delights and inventiveness of records like Radio City and White Light/White Heat years after they were released. One just has to look at Big Star and The Velvet Underground, neither of whom reaped the fruits of fame in their heyday. Musical history is strewn with artists that didn’t get their deserved plaudits until long after splitting up.
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