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Rating: Slowdive were one of the best bands of the '90s, as talented as they were overlooked. This is the conclusion one reaches after listening to "Catch The Breeze", the double anthology that showcases the highest moments of their short but dazzling career. "Impressionist rock" as some critics have called it.
Their music was a slow-motion psychedelic rock, made of ethereal and intangible melodies weaving through dreamlike distortions and oceanic reverbs. Dream pop and shoegaze. Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine. These are the reference points. But do not think of them as a carbon-copy group of these bands. Quite the opposite. Slowdive were among the most original groups of their musical scene; they never basked in their talent, but always sought to push further, to find other paths, other sounds.
The 25 tracks presented in this collection are all remarkable little gems: heart-stopping melodies with eyes fixed on the distortion pedal, in "Morningrise", "Catch The Breeze", "40 Days", "When The Sun Hits"; hieratic and gloomy tracks that brush against darkness like "Avalyn I", "So Tired", "Melon Yellow"; the sidereal vortex of "Souvlaki Space Station"; the ambient-rock of "Albatross" and "Golden Hair", a cover of a Syd Barrett track. Even the final phase of the band's career is not neglected: rarefied and atmospheric tracks like "Blue Skied An'Clear", "Crazy For You" and "J's Heaven" regain their timeless splendor here.
Justice is served for one of the best English bands of the last 20 years, Slowdive.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Slowdive (05:15)
I hear your voice
But it can't bring me back
I'm dreaming of all the things
I ever thought I had
I'm pushing down
I'm diving deep
Yeah slowdive to my dream
I'm feeling good, yeah
I'm feeling free
Slowdive, you can't touch me now
I close my eyes
And let the ground slip
From my mind
I'm falling now
I'm diving now
I'm gliding in the sky
Graceful birds will whisper
As I sadly pass them by
He's feeling good, yeah
He's feeling free
Slowdive, you can't touch me now
03 Morningrise (04:19)
I cross the field
And watch the sun go down
A million people clap
It makes me frown
Looking 'round
I see you slip away
You seem more
Beautiful than yesterday
The devil takes
My mind but I don't care
He gives me all his love
He gives me air
Don't pay it any mind
I'm losing all the time
04 Catch the Breeze (04:17)
feels like all the days are gone
just catch the breeze
you know you've had your fun
rain washes waves down
and i, i want the world to cry
and i, i watch the winds you fly
you can't believe in everything
you can't believe it all
hey are you feeling something new
just watch the rain
it helps in all you do
the breeze it blows
it blows everything
and i, i want the world to cry
and i, i want the sun to shine
you can't believe in everything
you can't believe it all
06 Shine (05:20)
Today
I lost a [...colours fray...]
Watch the games you play
And when it all force down you
Don't forget the days
When the sunshine fades away
Remember what they say
Remember what they say
The right time
She calls
To tell
Every time
She says she's falling
And every time
She call us friends
Because
To the right time
She calls
To tell it would
Every time
She says she's falling
Every time
She call us friends
Can't believe
She says she's [...]
Can't believe
[...Disgusted...]
[...Disgusted...]
I can't believe it
[...Scares me...]
[...Can't believe it...]
09 Spanish Air (05:57)
Screams that seem unreal
Shouts follow the sins
There's nothing here for me now
The wind blows for as far as I can see
I long for the sun
The midland air
For all that I have
There's written in waves
I know that now
There's left to be seen
I know that I've lost him
I'm leaving here
Fastest knife a sign
Feels so far away
There's nothing here for me now
The clouds fly, so far
I'm lost there now
I long for the sun
The midland air
For all that I have
Is written in waves
And now that I know
Is left to be seen
And now that I've lost him
I'm leaving here
11 Alison (03:48)
listen close and dont be stoned
i'll be here in the morning
cause i'm just floating
while your cigarette still burns
your messed up world will thrill me
alison i'm lost
alison i said we're sinking
there's nothing here but thats okay
outside your room your sisters spinning (Hey Thats The EP!)
but she laughs and tells me shes just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere
and the sailors they strike poses
the covered walls answer slowly
with your talking and your pills
your messed up life still thrills me
alison i'm lost
alison i'll drink your wine
i'll wear your clothes when we're both high
alison i said were sinking
but she laughs and tells me its just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere
12 Country Rain (03:33)
she wakes up on her own
and opens her eyes
the sun tries to burn through the pain
she still feels inside
i've seen you fall apart
i know you wouldn't care
but i wish you were mine
she looks into his face
just to be near him
and the clouds come round again
nothings changed
i saw you for a lifetime
i know i shouldn't care
but i wish you were mine
and the rain keeps on falling
in my heart.
13 Machine Gun (04:21)
see you walking and i know shes my friend, again
just the weight of the water drags me down, again
guess i'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
it's just the way that the water makes me feel again
son of sheba i saw him drown
son of yellow i saw him drown
it's all i need yeah
(repeat again)
14 When the Sun Hits (04:45)
Sweet thing, I watch you
Burn so fast it scares me
Mind games don't leave/lose me
I've come so far don't lose me
It matters where you are
As the sun hits, she'll be waiting
With her cool things and her heaven
Hey hey lover you still burn me
You're a song yeah, hey hey
-repeat-
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