![]() Even right back to the first album, Just For A Day… we don’t really revisit that record much in our live shows right now. We always kind of used to argue a lot about what were the stronger songs, what should go on and what should come off. I’m having to think back now, and it must be true that was the case because you read it. You guys really took your time, and that song almost sounds like an early prophecy or cautionary tale. Then I think about this reunion, and how it was three years before this record came out. And it’s kind of funny because it’s become one of your signature songs, but it’s also a song about something fizzling out too fast, and rushing into something. Speaking of Souvlaki, I’d read somewhere that you and Christian fought really hard to get “When The Sun Hits” on the record, that it almost didn’t make the cut. presidential election, so it was really surreal. Neil got on really well with it, and it was over the time of the U.S. to using his professional skills to make it sound better, he also added some creative touches as well. ![]() A lot of these guys will do what they call a “spec mix,” which they won’t necessarily charge for. We sent “Star Roving” to maybe four or five different engineers, and Chris’ was the only one that we felt really added something creative. That’s a good approach for bands who aren’t sure where to go. We sent “Star Roving” out to a number of different engineers, and when we got Chris’ mix back, we knew that he was the guy. It became obvious it was gonna be more of a poppy record than an experimental, I suppose, and we just wanted something that was gonna brighten that up and give it that kind of direction. We knew we wanted things to sparkle a little bit more, and we didn’t wanna be lost in that shoegaze murk that you get, when you can’t distinguish one instrument from another. ![]() Our conversation touched upon the making of Slowdive, what’s changed in the music economy since the ’90s, and the confidence that comes with age. We all said, why not make it eponymous? It’s a bit of a statement in of itself-we’re back, but it’s a new start. “We didn’t want a title like some bad movie sequel. “There wasn’t necessarily a theme, and we didn’t wanna make a clever play on words about us coming back or anything,” bassist Nick Chaplin told the Observer in our revealing conversation below. Slowdive never really got the chance to control their own narrative the first time now that they’re back, the work on their new album is unmistakably a Slowdive creation, honoring their past glories while moving forward on their own terms. Moments like the breathless, sparse “Sugar For The Pill,” “No Longer Making Time” and the stunning ambient piano closer “Falling Ashes” reflect the intentions of composition and forethought that only flower when a band takes their time to do things right, feeding what they’ve learned from their time away back into the group. ![]()
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