Slowdive — KEXP, 2017

Recorded on October 25, 2017 in the KEXP studio in Seattle, this Full Performance immortalizes the triumphant return of Slowdive, the English shoegaze pioneers. A few months after their 2017 self-titled album — their first record in twenty-two years — the Reading band delivers four songs filmed live: Slomo, Star Roving, Crazy For You and Sugar For The Pill. Here are the reverb-drenched guitar washes, the blended voices of Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell and that cottony texture, at once melancholic and weightless, that defined the genre in the early 1990s. KEXP’s intimate, audience-free, direct-to-tape format perfectly showcases the band’s sonic depth and the precision of its arrangements. This filmed live concert is an ideal gateway into Slowdive’s world, between shoegaze heritage and contemporary rebirth. A reference capture for appreciating the band’s atmospheric rock in 2017. Filmed in Seattle without an audience, this full performance remains one of the finest Slowdive live videos available to watch online.