MBV - Loveless

Yeah I love me some shoegaze and MBV are legends of this sound. Loveless is great, so is Isn't Anything... i also like the Ecstacy and Wine EP

I got chills when I heard "Sometimes" for the first time, one of the songs I had on repeat after discovering it. But Loveless...I gave it a couple proper listens years ago and it didn't blow me away. I think it sounded different than I expected. There have been hyped bands/albums that I have loved immediately...Interpol and Slint for example, but I'm still not a huge MBV fan beyond a few songs, and I thought I would be at this point.

I generally enjoy most shoegaze so at some point I need to try again. But I'm on generally on the same page as Beerwolf at the moment.

The phasing on this album makes my ears pop hardcore when I listen on my studio speakers.

And yeah, it's a timeless classic.

Great album, but I like "Isn't Anything" better. You Made Me Realize is fucking astounding, but it is an EP, not an album.

  On 9/3/2011 at 10:39 PM, beerwolf said:

No negative comments? Maybe those who dislike are keeping quiet lol. It's a brave man who wades into a 24-post thread of praise

What's not to love?

Such a beautiful creation. Stuff like 'To Here Knows When' and 'Loomer' just go so deep inside, it's almost shameful how vulnerable MBV can make a person feel

It's on!

Found at the back of the drawer between Metallicas Ride the Lightning and Mercury Rev's Deserters Songs .

Tbh it seems a lot more musical than I remember it, rather than a wall of drone which has always been my impression. It has this carnival sound to it, like snatches of filtered sound you would hear at a funfair.

Seems like Brainfood. And not the chore it was last time I listened.

I will be honest and say at the 6th song mark it's beginning to wear me down a little (pussy ). The sound (and I remember this from long ago) begins to get oppresive and a bit much. Like I need a gasp of fresh air or something.

The 8th tune starts (Sometimes) and that feels a much better. Classic tune!

some of the best moments of the album are the long drone out sections. i will say my mom used to complain when i played this album that it made her feel dizzy. 'why do they make it warble so much?'

"come in alone..."

i just might listen to this today. there was a time I was convinced this album was the word of the deepest spirituality. over time it kind of started to sound less meaningful because of terrible bands like Slowdive [controversial? they always sounded like emo whiney crybaby music to me lol. though pygmalion is an awesome release] and post 00s MBV ripoffs kind of tainting the music.

  On 9/4/2011 at 6:08 PM, vamos scorcho said:

over time it kind of started to sound less meaningful because of terrible bands like Slowdive [controversial? they always sounded like emo whiney crybaby music to me lol. though pygmalion is an awesome release] and post 00s MBV ripoffs kind of tainting the music.

I always thought Souvlaki was about as good as Loveless. Slowdive's cover of "Some Velvet Morning" is pretty boss.

  On 9/5/2011 at 12:22 AM, ieafs said:

i think it was 'cupid come' and 'i can see it (but i can't feel it)' that got me first though weirdly.

neither of those are on Loveless

This was an album I got in the late 90s because a girl I used to like and hung out with had it. Dumbass teenage me got the album because she had it. Though I never listened to it more than once or twice back then. But I started seeing it pop up on the internets like 5 years ago, remembered I had it and got into it.

I always skip Touched though, makes me think of dinosaurs n shit with the tribal drumming and whatever the guitar is doing. Kinda ruins the mood of the album for me. =\

I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It) is my favourite track from Isn't Anything.

They are all good.

It's funny, when I try and think of my favorite track off Loveless, I always end up thinking of a track from Isn't anything.

I thought this one was on Loveless, but I was wrong.

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great fucking song

Isn't Anything perhaps has more songs that are standouts individually, but Loveless is somehow more complete and impressive as a whole package.

Not to compare anything at all here, but just speaking of all this shoegaze, I passed up a few of Lush, Ride and Chapterhouse albums today. Need i bother w/ any of theses? I almost just bought the ones that came out in 1990 but i thought i'd run it passed the experienced shoegazers first. I've already got Souvlaki.

  On 9/5/2011 at 6:33 AM, SPD² said:

Not to compare anything at all here, but just speaking of all this shoegaze, I passed up a few of Lush, Ride and Chapterhouse albums today. Need i bother w/ any of theses? I almost just bought the ones that came out in 1990 but i thought i'd run it passed the experienced shoegazers first. I've already got Souvlaki.

Nowhere (Ride) and Spooky (Lush) are masterpieces. I personally haven't heard anything else by either band though.

I can't handle Isn't Anything, it just doesn't do it for me

if you don't like this album/band i will pray for you.

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I think this is probably my favourite MBV song

aahh... nostalgia

MBV was never nostalgia for me cause i never listened to it back then, but it being from '91 it does sort of have this retroactive thing to it.

it's ok, i thought it was pretty fresh when i first heard it, but it definitely isnt my prime pick for hazy sex music these days

sex? what's that?

I absolutely love loveless, listening to it still a lot... especially during rainy days... but...

  On 9/3/2011 at 12:56 PM, LUDD said:

 

this is still their best record though imho

... I agree !

bilinda butcher is stupid hot.

i wish it was still so kaini but...

  On 9/6/2011 at 1:28 AM, kaini said:

bilinda butcher was stupid hot.

for me she's losing that delicate elphin beauty these days.