7.21.2008

my bloody valentine is so loud that you may have a seizure


my bloody valentine - "you made me realise"

before you listen to the above song, make sure you turn your speakers way up.

i acquired my bloody valentine's discography a while back owing to the indie love they randomly started getting in pitchfork, stereogum and other websites of that ilk. this made me wary, as for some reason, bands hyped by those guys tend to blow (see: clap your hands say yeah! more on this at a later date). plus, watching a video like this next one could disenchant even the most dedicated shoegaze fan:


my bloody valentine - "soon"

because i'm both honest and superficial, i'm willing to admit that this video brought me very close to hating MBV before i gave them a fair chance solely because of bilinda butcher's peculiar dancing, and also i think she's wearing a "jumper." (side note: isn't it funny how for a while in the '90s, wearing overalls and such was a cool thing to do? or maybe it was never cool, but more like an aborted trend that the media tried but failed to inspire in the wider populace)

eventually, i did get around to giving MBV a real chance, and now a self-compiled greatest hits CD gets constant rotation on my stereo. here are some other cool tunes by them:


my bloody valentine - "cigarette in your bed" (i swear i didn't find this by searching for smoking fetish videos on youtube)

"cigarette in your bed" really shows a midpoint in MBV's musical evolution (that may be the most pretentious sentence on this blog). before they were pretty abrasive, almost punkish. afterwards they really became the landmark shoegaze band that all indie kids are supposed to love. in between they produced some nice little tunes like the aforementioned one, which remains mostly quiet and thoughtful but does get a bit crazy towards the end.


my bloody valentine - "sometimes"

given the "lost in translation" imagery of this video, it's fitting how this song bears a vague resemblance to a jesus and mary chain song. i believe this sounds like the jesus and mary chain if they were supposed to do an unplugged set but they just kind of distorted everything anyways because they give no fuck.

fun fact: since i'm seeing my bloody valentine in LA on oct. 2 (the final show of their first tour in at least a decade), this next 2.5 months will be the longest such period of my life.

in conclusion, here is a poorly-edited photo of my bloody valentine in a dire straits video.

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