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Released on September 1, 2023, via Dead Oceans, everything is alive is the fifth studio album by British shoegaze pioneers Slowdive. Following their 2017 self-titled comeback, this eight-track record finds the band moving beyond traditional "walls of sound" into more expansive, synth-driven, and emotionally nuanced territory. A Journey Through Grief and Hope
The wait is over, and Slowdive has finally delivered their highly anticipated fifth studio album, "Everything is Alive". Released on May 27, 2023, via Dead Oceans, this latest effort marks a triumphant return for the British shoegaze outfit, who have been tantalizing fans with hints of new material since their critically-acclaimed 2017 album "Slowdive". Slowdive - everything is alive -2023- - album a...
The climactic closer; dense, heavy, and propulsive, it has been compared to the brooding intensity of post-rock. SLOWDIVE - everything is alive - Boomkat Released on September 1, 2023, via Dead Oceans
Conversely, tracks like "the slab" anchor the album with low-end dread. The bass guitar (Nick Chaplin) throbs like a migraine, while Christian Savill’s guitar textures create "sheets of sound" that John Coltrane would have admired. It’s the sound of an impending panic attack, brilliantly resolved by the breath of space that follows. Released on May 27, 2023, via Dead Oceans,
While maintaining their classic shoegaze roots, the record leans more heavily into electronic textures
In the years leading up to the album, the band endured profound personal loss. Most notably, the death of keyboardist and guitarist Rachel Goswell’s mother and the passing of drummer Simon Scott’s father. Where their 2017 album dealt with the anxiety of reunion, everything is alive confronts the finality of death. But this is not a mournful record. It is a defiant one.
Everything is alive is not Souvlaki Part II. It is not Just for a Day remixed. It is the sound of a group of friends in their fifties who have survived critical dismissal, commercial failure, the death of the CD, the rise of streaming, and the personal loss of loved ones, and who have decided that making noise together is the only logical response to mortality.