PopTodd Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Looks like this Kevin Shields fellow is a man of his word' date=' huh? In the January/February 2007 issue of Magnet magazine, as previously reported, Shields promised that some band he's part of called My Bloody Valentine were "100% going to make another...record unless we die or something." Today comes word that Shields wasn't just pulling our whammy bars, as the Vice-associated (UPDATE: Not associated, just good friends) Daily Swarm has revealed bits from a interview with Shields-- set to air on a forthcoming episode of Vice's vbs.tv program "Soft Focus"-- in which the shoegaze godfather and fanclub president* confirms that the new album is being made, and what's more, it's supposed to come out this year. Speaking to "Soft Focus" host and DC scene mainstay Ian Svenonius, here's Kevin: "We were making a record in the 90s, around when the band broke up in 1995...and I continued with Bilinda [butcher, guitarist/vocalist']. We kinda made...most of an album... "[The new album is] going to be this 96/97 half-finished record finished, and then a compilation of stuff we did before that in 1993 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Holy cats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Genevieve Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I hear the new record is going to be called Chinese Democracy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevor Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 this is pretty huge, guys. not gonna get my hopes up too high, because i have a feeling it'll get pushed back, but still...pretty huge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Ride/Catherine Wheel>MBV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Ride/Catherine Wheel>MBV Maybe for the complete discography, but neither band has done anything close to approaching the brilliance of Loveless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 i so do not get all the love for Loveless musically... it seems like this mythical record these days Only Shallow is amazing, i'll give you that, but on the whole i just find it to be a good but not amazing record. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 i so do not get all the love for Loveless musically... it seems like this mythical record these days Only Shallow is amazing, i'll give you that, but on the whole i just find it to be a good but not amazing record. I was with you on that for many years. Then, one day, it hit me like a ton of bricks and I didn't even realize it until the record had ended, I was so lost in it all. Keep listening. If and when it does hit you, you will know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 You guys like My Chemical Romance???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rileykill Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well, we can only hope. Seems like forever since I gave Loveless a spin ... I'll give it a listen tonight. Long overdue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 It seems like we've been hearing this for years, but just like with the possible Neutral Milk Hotel "mythical" follow up album, I'd be ecstatic if it were true. If it sounds anything like "City Girl" from Lost in Translation or even a further expansion on Loveless, I'm sure I'll love it. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevor Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I was with you on that for many years. Then, one day, it hit me like a ton of bricks and I didn't even realize it until the record had ended, I was so lost in it all. Keep listening. If and when it does hit you, you will know. Yeah, when Loveless finally hits, it hits hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 i've tried dozens and dozens of times since the mid 90's... i mean i LIKE it... i like it a good deal, but to me it's a solid 8-8.5 album, not a 10 like most people seem to think. and for the millions spent to make the album, it could sound better imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stickman Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Well now they are playing three dates at the end of June/beginning of July in England. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 thank god Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevor Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 http://www.shaviro.com/Doom/ch03.html interesting read from MBV-Loveless tour days. a little over-the-top (the writer admits at the end he's being doing it stoned and drunk), but it hits on a lot of the key points that made MBV's live shows so legendary. there's another interesting article that i read a couple months back that actually describes the biological effects of the overwhelming noise-tactics they used; i'll see if i can track it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Artifice Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 sweet jheebus YES!! trevor - websense hates your link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Perhaps, unsurprisingly, the UK dates sold out rather quickly. But they've added some new ones: Saturday 21st June - London - The RoundhouseSunday 22nd June - London - The RoundhouseSunday 29th June - Manchester - ApolloThursday 3rd July - Glasgow - Barrowlands Plus, I wouldn't rule out a slot at the "ATP v P4K" ATP festival and Glasto... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 this is pretty old news, but yea, awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Monte Davis Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Made me real happy when I read that, and I was in a class and just kind of yelled real loud haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevor Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 ok, apparently that above link didn't work. i'm gonna copy-paste it into my post here. my apologies in advance--it is really lengthy, but what he has to say really meshes with my feelings about the album, even if it is all over the map. here goes... 3.BILINDA BUTCHERby Steven Shaviro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Another article in the Independent today as well:http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/featur...icle3185244.ece Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Not this year, according to Billboard as quoted in Pitchfork. Perhaps inspired by the success of the whole In Rainbows thing, My Bloody Valentine plan to go the digital self-release route when they issue their follow-up to 1991's Loveless. As MBV manager Vinita Joshi told Billboard.com late last week, the newly re-formed band will hit the studio in December to resume long-dormant sessions for the forthcoming LP. They're mulling over a possible accompanying vinyl release as well, and they don't intend to use the Radiohead pricing model, according to Joshi. Of course, if they're hitting the studio next month, that means the disc can probably be expected in 2008, and not before the end of the year, as Kevin Shields has claimed. Hey, better that than an endless parade of "eventually", amirite? Joshi also put to rest all those Coachella 2008 rumors for now, remarking that "we'll see how the summer shows go first." Since said summer shows occur after Coachella 2008, um, yeah. The band has added yet another gig at London's Roundhouse in the middle of their all too brief return to the stage. MBV: 06-20 London, England - The Roundhouse06-21 London, England - The Roundhouse06-22 London, England - The Roundhouse06-23 London, England - The Roundhouse06-28 Manchester, England - Apollo06-29 Manchester, England - Apollo07-02 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland07-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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