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How Slowdive Made Souvlaki

Lie Likes Music | October 22, 2024



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Slowdive is a band with a sound and history unlike any other. Formed in Reading just before the 90s the band consisted of key members and teenage couple Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead in addition to a revolving line-up that became more consistent over time. The band experienced early success and got recognition for being a great shoegaze band. Unfortunately they lost the attention almost as quickly as they gained it with the rise of more popular music like grunge and brit-pop. Their one shot at appealing to an evermore critical audience and press was their second album Souvlaki. And if facing pressure from their label and press wasn’t enough, the band was about to collapse. Goswell and Halstead broke up their relationship just before they started to work on the album. And neither of them knew how to function as a newly separated couple in a professional band. Because of this, making Souvlaki lead to isolation, even bigger let-downs, unexpected collaborations and a new beginning.

Timecodes:
0:00 – Intro
1:30 – Early history
2:46 – Rise and fall in popularity
3:37 – The first 40 songs
5:26 – Brian Eno’s influence
7:29 – Halstead’s time in Wales
8:51 – She’ll suck your c*** like souvlaki
10:13 – Alison
11:07 – Playing the verse on rhythm guitar
11:47 – How to get the Slowdive guitar sound
12:48 – Thanks to Luca and Coen
13:36 – Conclusion and patreon

Background music:
Melancholia – Godmode
The Joint is Jumpin – Joel Cummins
Stairway – Patrick Patrikios
Leave it Alone – Underbelly
Buckeye Bonzai – Vans in Japan
Sunset Strut – Dan Lebowitz
Fynestlyk – Noir Et Blanc Vie
Head High Swells – The Whole Other
A Trip Around The Moon – Unicorn Heads
Wehrmut – Godmode
Drown the Out – VYEN

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  1. @fusilijerry6295

    October 22, 2024 at 6:31 am

    I think it’s crazy how much badly received they were by the press when they were putting out songs. Well time tells: no one remembers the critics who trashed their music, meanwhile they’ll be remembered as one of greatest shoegaze bands of all time.

  2. @jgrzinich

    October 22, 2024 at 6:31 am

    Brings back memories… I was an early Slowdive fan and saw them live on their US tour after 'Just for a Day' came out. There was hardly anyone at the show in Kansas City but they played wonderfully.

  3. @Darticus42

    October 22, 2024 at 6:31 am

    5:06 A lot of the Souvlaki demos, while unreleased, aren't lost entirely! Look up "Souvlaki: Demos & Outtakes" for more.
    "Sleep" is one of the best tracks of the bunch IMO, but includes a lot of interesting unreleased tracks, demos, and variations. For example, it includes an unreleased song co-produced with Brian Eno, "AB".

    This is just a tangent, but many of these unreleased songd (and more) are included on the unofficial "I Saw the Sun" EP. Highly recommend a listen.

  4. @chie7880

    October 22, 2024 at 6:31 am

    Honestly they deserved way more attention I’m glad they’re sorta gaining recognition from young teens in this generation, shoegaze is def one of the most soothing genres and I personally think slowdive did a perfect job representing shoegaze

  5. @jag5014

    October 22, 2024 at 6:31 am

    Shoegaze musicians were treated dismissively by some back then, sort of like "soyboys" or emos today. Many came from upperclass backgrounds and played introspective music in a subdued way with their mop top hair as opposed to the other edgier and hard living bands of the day

  6. @deepfocus888

    October 22, 2024 at 6:31 am

    5:06 you talk about the songs getting scrapped (lost to time) and Slowdive starting fresh in the studio. But wouldn't you say that Hide Yer Eyes and/or I Saw the Sun are some good examples of these first song iterations before Souvlaki saw the light of day? And there are some DAMN good songs to be found here on Youtube.

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