Slowdive
Formed in Reading, England, in 1989 around Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell, Slowdive initially established themselves on the British shoegaze scene with a sound in which heavily reverberant guitars, ethereal vocals and melodic songwriting close to dream pop produced tracks that are at once misty and precise. The band, soon stabilised as a quintet with Christian Savill, Nick Chaplin and Simon Scott, released several EPs before the album Just for a Day in 1991 and then Souvlaki in 1993, a central record of this first period, notably featuring a collaboration with Brian Eno on two tracks. With Pygmalion in 1995 Slowdive shifted their aesthetic toward more stripped‑down, ambient and post‑rock forms, before splitting up that same year; Halstead and Goswell then continued with Mojave 3. Reformed in 2014 with Simon Scott back on drums, Slowdive returned to the international stage and extended their discography with Slowdive (2017) and Everything Is Alive (2023). From the start, Slowdive have combined enveloping textures, often slowed tempos and a subtle attention to sonic space, without abandoning a rock foundation.
Upcoming events 1
Rock en Seine 2026
- from Wed, August 26 to Sun, August 30
- Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France
- sombr, Tyler, The Creator, Deftones, The Cure, Lorde, Djo, Ravyn Lenae, Lykke Li, The Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand, Kingfishr, Slowdive, Wet Leg, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Interpol, Wolf Alice, Turnstile, Lewis OfMan, Wilco, Clipse, AFI, Fcukers, Florence Road, CMAT, Love Spells, Biffy Clyro, Kurt Vile, Amyl and The Sniffers, LANDMVRKS, Black Country, New Road, Sekou, Noga Erez, Mannequin Pussy, Wednesday, Miki, Sparks, Jean Dawson, Ecca Vandal, Mogwai, Lambrini Girls, Novelists, Peaches, High Vis, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Bertrand Belin, Dry Cleaning, Hudson Freeman, Anna von Hausswolff, Magi Merlin, Kompromat, Sam Quealy, Tyler Ballgame, Changeline, TTSSFU, AMG, Dynamite Shakers, Bonne Nuit, Gwendoline, Küdeta, Maddy Street, billie, DITTER, Grandma's Ashes, Jessica93, Sarāb, Arthur Fu Bandini, La Flemme, Île de Garde, Gabriel Kröger, Mottomoda, Kurt Vile & the Violators
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