CD1 - loveless (Remastered from original 1630 tape) in front pocket and CD2 - loveless (Half inch analogue tape) in rear pocket. my bloody valentine, the quartet of Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields, Deb Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig , are widely revered as one of the most ground-breaking and influential groups of the past forty years. Originally bought this some years after its release in the late 90s after seeing it pop up repeatedly in best of lists.

During an era in which guitar bands denoted, at best, a retroclassicism , not only did my bloody valentine sound unlike any of their contemporaries, the band achieved the rare feat of sounding like the future. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. my bloody valentine, the quartet of Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields, Deb Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig, are widely revered as one of the most ground-breaking and influential groups of the past forty years.

So as people who work with sound get older, they know their hearing isn’t as good, but at the same time, a lot of guys can still do really good work. But when it comes to music, I still tend to hear faults with equipment or things like that before most people.

Comparing this to my deluxe 2021 reissue, and the differences are honestly far more notable than I expected for an album like this.Domino are immensely proud to announce the signing of my bloody valentine, with the band’s seminal catalogue being made available digitally in full for the first time ever as of today. loveless is widely considered a flawless whole and rightly regarded as a masterpiece; a 1990s equivalent to Pet Sounds, In A Silent Way or Innervisions, a record constructed by exploring the edges of what a recording studio is capable of. Your immersion in the details of sound seems pretty all-encompassing—but you also play with possibly the loudest band that’s ever existed. The guitars really take centre stage here over the vocals which create this very ethereal sound similar to The Jesus and Mary Chain, another popular band from the shoegaze scene.