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| Y-Not CD of The Week Review: My Bloody Valentine - m b v |
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 by: ynotradio - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/12/13 3:31 pm | updated: 02/12/13 3:31 pm |
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Will it ever be possible to escape the shadow of Loveless? In the twenty-one years since My Bloody Valentine’s game-changing, genre-capping masterpiece, that’s been the question dogging not just Kevin Shields and crew, but their fans, contemporaries—what’s left of them , anyway—and the countless bands that have followed in their wake. It’s also a question that Shields doesn’t seem particularly bothered with answering on the follow-up, m b v. Released suddenly, even miraculously last weekend just four days after Shields promised it (naturally still two days later than he said), it sounds like it could have been released in any one of the many, many years that followed its epochal predecessor.
Perhaps by design, the album opens with its most Loveless sounding song. “She Found Now†is a patient, graceful grind in the vein of fan favorite “Sometimes.†Sure, the feedback may not brace the ears like it once did, and Shields’ vocals are louder, clearer, even intelligible (?!) at certain points, but five minutes in, you know that you’re listening to My Bloody Valentine. The elastic majesty of “Only Tomorrow†(where Belinda Butcher’s seductive sighs stretch into something almost Bjork-ian) and the tumbling “Who Sees You†follow similar suit with their aural assurances. Then come the Stereolab keyboards in palette cleanser “Is This and Yes,†the first Valentine song to feature no guitars. Effectively drawing the line between old My Bloody Valentine and new, it gives way to the far more experimental and exciting second half.
“New You†is arguably the most radio-friendly thing the band has ever done, sporting a Madchester backbeat and, egads, a decipherable chorus from Butcher! It’s followed by the incomparable closing tirad of “In Another Way,†“Nothing Is†and “Wonder 2.†The former is a sprawling, drum and bass epic that almost sounds as if bands like Laika and Primal Scream (who Shields briefly collaborated with in the 2000s) indulged in some pre-emptive plagiarism with their own signature albums. The second is a punishing, pummeling instrumental loop that takes us into the latter, which you’ll swear was recorded live at a concert under the propellers of a hovercraft. Its title is also a fitting descriptor for the album as a whole.
Both a logical follow-up to an iconic album and a uniquely rewarding listening experience on its own, m b v shows that My Bloody Valentine have never truly left us. They’re a band that not only always leave us wanting more, but fully satisfied with what we have. See you in another 20 years, guys. I have a feeling it will be worth the wait.
Review by Rob Huff
Read past CD of The Week reviews at YNotRadio.net.
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