Wednesday, January 30, 2019

My Bloody Valentine: m b v (2013)

More comforting than revelatory, m b v reaffirms that My Bloody Valentine are one of a kind; the subtlety to their melodies, instrumentation, and the way they blur together belongs to them alone. [source]
Loveless was released in 1991. This, the next record, came out in 2013. I guess by that point no one was expecting anything else from the band.

This record has layers, haze, drone, fuzz, beauty, experimental, distorted guitars, etc. It's an MBV record, for sure.

I'd say that this band is an influential to indie music as the Velvet Underground was to early alternative music. There is no other band that sounds like MBV.

Anyway, I love this band. Sadly, most of the stuff I own in on CD. If you are not familiar with pitch-bending, you should check out this band. This record comes with a CD. Discogs make the following notes:
This vinyl album has been recorded as an analogue album. It was recorded on 2 inch 24 track analogue tape and mixed onto half inch analogue tape and mastered with no digital processing involved.

The vinyl is a true analogue cut, i.e. it hasn't been put through a digital process during the cutting process unlike over 90% of all vinyl available today.

"The vinyl will be limited due to manufacturing restrictions."

Housed in a gatefold sleeve in the left side and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
The CD comes in a card sleeve with an 8-page booklet.

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