Slowdive
Just For A Day

THE REVIEW

The musicians who stood with their heads bowed, careful not to miss any movement of their hands over their respective instruments, were called "shoegazers," which literally means "someone who gazes at their shoes."
We don't know if they really gazed at their shoes or something else, but no other name was as fitting as this one.

Slowdive were one of the major exponents of this new movement that struck Great Britain in the late eighties-early nineties.
Their rock is dreamy and decelerated, sometimes even hallucinogenic and psychedelic; their sound weaves dreamlike visions, settling deep within the soul, between the breath and the heartbeat.
This is the melody I would like to accompany me during reflections, thoughts, journeys of the mind... this is the music I want to hear when I am consumed by illusions.

Nine tracks of calm melancholy, always ready to emerge through tear-inducing feedbacks.
The whispered words of "Catch the Breeze" convey feelings of loss, depression, and dejection; "Ballad of Sister Sue" is heartrending...
The rest is difficult to describe in words, it must be listened to and experienced.
They had great class and great style (look at the cover), so much so that Brian Eno wanted to collaborate with them on their next album, the unforgettable "Souvlaki."

They did not radically change the way music was made, but they influenced many future generations.