Don’t call it a come back…My Bloody Valentine return with their first LP in twenty-two years! Since the band’s 1991 classic Loveless, rumors have swirled concerning the follow-up record, and indeed, it’s seems it’s been an arduous journey for Kevin Shields and company during the intervening years. Shield’s, known to be a slow and sometimes difficult worker, has been at “the next record” since the 90’s, and, as bassist Debbie Googe explained to Drowned in Sound,””Most of it is stuff Kevin has done, certainly guitar wise. It’s been a long process, you know. The drums have been added then taken off at least once. His brother did them at one point, then Colm [O’Ciosoig] came in and redid them.” After years and months of anticipation My Bloody Valentine finally released m b v on February 2nd, subsequently crashing their website! Scrambling to keep up with the interest, the band quickly put up 192kbs versions of the tracks on YouTube for fans to preview. The band’s site is also back up and running, and you can purchase the new work on vinyl, CD, and as a digital download. Fans of the band and audiophiles will be overjoyed to know vinyl versions of the record are from a true analogue cut, and thus, “it hasn’t been put through a digital process during the cutting process unlike over 90% of all vinyl available today.” You can stream the album below, as well as checking out the band’s up-coming European and Japanese tour dates:
My Bloody Valentine:
2/05 Osaka, Japan – The Hatch
2/06 Osaka, Japan – The Hatch
2/07 Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast
2/08 Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast
2/13 Taipei, Taiwan – Ntu Sports Center
2/16 Melbourne, Australia – ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror
2/20 Queensland, Australia – The Tivoli
2/22 Melbourne, Australia – Palace Theatre
3/08 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy
3/09 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowlands
3/10 Manchester, England – Apollo
3/12 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo
3/13 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo
