I actually hit a happy and slightly sad moment the other day. As a completist obsessed with shoegaze, and in particular Slowdive, it was an ambivalent moment when I found a copy of one of their most obscure releases, 1992′s Flexi-disc ‘Beach Song/Take Me Down’ 7″ released not on Creation as usual but on Sunday Records. They actually come the closest to sounding like a lost My Bloody Valentine cut than the usual cavernous dream they push.
Every little B-Side, bootleg, soundtrack cut, alternate version that they have released I fall in love with. There will be no more new Slowdive hidden gems.