My Bloody Valentine new album news

[Smurfie]

From DS:

"My Bloody Valentine have announced that they are to release two new albums, one of which was abandoned in the 1990s.

The recently reformed band are to put together a disc of new material as well as complete their third LP, which was left unfinished in 1997 after Island Records cut their finances.

Singer Kevin Shields later told KUCI Radio that scrapping the album was the right move as it was "dead" and had no "life in it".

However, Shields said he now believes that the material is worth revisiting, telling the New York Times: "I realised that all that stuff I was doing in 1996 and 1997 was a lot better than I thought."

He hinted that the new album may sound more upbeat than some of My Bloody Valentine's back catalogue.

"I definitely don't think you need to suffer to be creative. I've written some of my best songs when I've been happy," he said. "

For goodness sake, just release something!!!

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release , release anything

[Smurfie]

Oh, it's utterly frustrating. It better be bloody good. Well lets face it, I would suffice Bilinda warbling around Kevin Shields car alarm if it meant a new album right now.

At least Lush had a good reason not to release a follow up album.

[andrew07]

Come on Kevin, while we're still young!

[greendemon]

about bloody time

[ManicKangaroo]

and 4 and half years later....

It is news that fans thought they might never hear: My Bloody Valentine are to release a new album.

Shortly after 9pm on Saturday the band posted a message on their Facebook page saying: "We are preparing to go live with the new album/website this evening. We will make an announcement as soon as it's up."

It will be the band's first release since the critically hailed Loveless in 1991 and ends one of the longest-running sagas in rock. The band's leader Kevin Shields would appear to have been recording the new album off-and-on for the best part of the past two decades, but few concrete details have ever emerged.

Nonetheless, signs that the album was finally imminent were there: in mid-December 2012, the band's Facebook page was updated with the message: "We finished mastering the new album!"; and on Sunday this week Shields teased fans at a London gig, saying the record might appear "in two or three days". At the same show at the Electric in Brixton, the band opened their set with a new song, which the setlist referred to simply as Rough Song.

The surprise arrival of the album echoes the release of David Bowie's new single Where Are We Now? earlier this month, with both records appearing without any formal record company warning.

Formed in Dublin in 1983, My Bloody Valentine became one of the most feted bands of their generation, releasing two albums: Isn't Anything in 1989 and Loveless in 1991. Brian Eno said that their single Soon "set a new standard for pop", describing it as "the vaguest music ever to have been a hit".

[ManicKangaroo]

However following the facebook posting:

The album is now live on
Www.mybloodyvalentine.org


All you get is a server error

[ManicKangaroo]

After 21 years, 2 months, 29 days, and 20 hours, MBV's first full-length since Loveless is here. The legendarily dormant shoegazers unveiled an updated website and store where the record, called mbv, is now available... if you can get anything to load. Fans worldwide sprinted to the site all at once, slowing the server into catatonia.

Details spotted before the site crashed completely (via BrooklynVegan):
The album is available three ways: as a download, as a CD and download, and as a 180g vinyl/CD/download. The download version is available immediately, while the vinyl LP and CD versions will be shipped within three weeks of purchase. The download itself is available three ways: 16-bit 44.1K WAV (CD quality), 320kbps MP3, and 24-bit 96K WAV.



My Bloody Valentine's mbv track list:
1. "she found now"
2. "only tomorrow"
3. "who sees you"
4. "is this and yes"
5. "if i am"
6. "new you"
7. "in another way"
8. "nothing is"
9. "wonder 2"

[TheThorne]

downloaded and ordered CD

[andrew07]

Been listening to the new album on youtube, it's very very good, definitely gonna get the vinyl and cd bundle from their site soon.

[raliverpool]

I too have listened to it this afternoon, after hearing one of the tracks on Radio 6Music this morning. It is very good if not necessarily worth the wait.

All we need now is a new album from Lee Mavers & The Las!

[greendemon]

listening to a few of the tracks on youtube... i can't believe how quintessentially MBV it sounds, like they haven't been away!