Happy Birthday, Loveless

November 4, 2021 Morphizm 0

It’s hard to believe that My Bloody Valentine’s epochal Loveless debuted 30 years ago. Few releases since have been as singular, riveting, exploratory, immediately identifiable.

An Open Love Letter to My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless

November 4, 2011 Morphizm 0

My Bloody Valentine’s 1991 musical masterpiece Loveless struggled for the spotlight when it was released, overshadowed by the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. But two decades later, the record’s defiant atmospherics and tremolo experimentation have become more influential than ever.

What Isn’t Shoegaze?

July 22, 2008 Morphizm 0

But in the end, it was used to describe bands like My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Swervedriver and pretty much anyone else, like drone minimalists Spacemen 3, who didn’t fall into the comfortable confines of easily classifiable music.

Mogwai: Louder Than Bombs

February 28, 2006 Morphizm 0

“When people compare us to My Bloody Valentine, I think it’s because they were the last band outside of the mainstream to actually infiltrate the mainstream.”