Souvlaki [180 Gram Vinyl]

by Slowdive

Overview

Though not as big and swirling as Just for a Day, there's more of an attempt to put advanced song structure and melody in place rather than just craft infinitely appealing, occasionally thunderous mood music. Everything is simplified, as if Brian Eno's presence on two songs -- he contributes keyboards and treatments and co-wrote one tune after turning down the band's invitation to produce -- hammered home the better aspects of "ambient" music. This is no Music for Airports though. On the opening "Alison," the largely uplifting "When the Sun Hits," and the darkly blissful "Machine Gun," Slowdive are still capable of mouth-opening, spine-tingling flourishes. They've found a way to be quiet, moving, and aggressive simultaneously, mixing trance-like beauty with the deepest delayed guitar sounds around, a sound at once relaxing, soothing, and exciting, and most of all harshly beautiful. [SBK released Souvlaki in the U.S. a full eight months after its English release on Creation, with three-quarters of the 5 EP tacked on the end, plus one unreleased track, a memorable, spacy run through Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning."] ~ Jack Rabid

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2011
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8713748982256
Rank:	3256

Tracks

1. Alison
2. Machine Gun
3. 40 Days
4. Sing
5. Here She Comes
6. Souvlaki Space Station
7. When the Sun Hits
8. Altogether
9. Melon Yellow
10. Dagger

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Slowdive   Primary Artist
Brian Eno   Guest Artist,Keyboards
Rachel Goswell   Vocals
Neil Halstead   Guitar,Vocals
Simon Scott   Drums
Spike   Cello

Technical Credits

Slowdive   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Andy Wilkinson   Engineer
Steve Hammonds   Project Manager
Kieron Tyler   Liner Notes
Bandulu   Remixing
Ed Buller   Mixing Engineer
Lee Hazlewood   Composer
Rachel Goswell   Composer
Neil Halstead   Composer,Mixing Engineer
Martin Nichols   Engineer
Guy Fixsen   Engineer
Giles Hall   Engineer,Assistant
Marcus Lindsay   Engineer,Assistant
Brian Eno   Effects,Composer,Treatments
Chris Hufford   Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Andy Pearce   Remastering
Steve Double   Cover Photo
Ed Butler   Mixing
Reload   Remixing
Yvette Lacey   Engineer,Assistant
Becky Stewart   Reissue Design