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My Bloody Valentine

Musical Group
Forfans of shoegaze, dream pop and experimental alternative rock; newcomers curious about loveless and mbv.
29 Reviews 42 Definitions 57 Charts
Shoegaze Alternative Psychedelia

The Profile

My Bloody Valentine are an Irish alternative rock band formed in Dublin in 1983, widely credited as pioneers of shoegaze. Led by Kevin Shields and featuring Bilinda Butcher, Colm Ó Cíosóig and Debbie Googe, they are best known for the 1991 album Loveless and for influential EPs and albums across the late 1980s and 2013's MBV.

Core lineup: Kevin Shields (guitar, vocals), Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar), Debbie Googe (bass), Colm Ó Cíosóig (drums). Key releases noted in reviews: Loveless (1991), Isn’t Anything (1988), MBV (2013). The band is widely associated with the shoegaze movement and a dense, textural guitar sound.

DeBaser's reviews present My Bloody Valentine as seminal shoegaze pioneers. Loveless (1991) is repeatedly hailed as a masterpiece; Isn’t Anything and later MBV (2013) are also discussed positively. Reviews praise the band’s wall-of-sound, textural guitars, and Bilinda Butcher’s ethereal vocals.

Notable Quotes

❝ "eh, but they haven't changed at all, they're just like twenty years ago."
❝ "What you hear on \"Loveless\" really exists. And it's not a wall of sound, it's a vortex, something in front, behind, above, and below you, something you feel in your belly, under your tongue, something that suffuses you."
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