Dealing in thick, static layers of guitar fog and faint, dreamy harmonies,
Slowdive was part of the first wave of shoegaze bands who made a cacophonous,
sprawling wall of meditative noise and offered an alternative to the British
grunge scene of the early 1990s. Led by childhood friends Rachel Goswell and
Neil Halstead, Slowdive formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989, and signed with
iconic indie label Creation when its members were just 19 years old. Named after
a Siouxsie and the Banshees single, Slowdive quickly earned comparisons to
contemporaries like The Jesus and Mary Chain...