Album Review
Tracklist - Interview with Kevin Shields
This album is considered the greatest album of the '90s by many[1][2], including the friend who turned me onto Joy Division and Nine Inch Nails. Seeing a chance to purchase a CD and legitimately say "This is for educational purposes" was enough for me to grab this album.
Don't be thrown off by the band's name, like I was. While emo bands have used the "My [blood/vampire reference] [word connotating love]" template to death, this sounds nothing like them. The music consists of the usual drums/guitar/bass setup, except that the guitars are laden with effects, feedback and the like, creating a hypnotic and dreamy sound echoed by Bilinda Butcher's vocals, which are used more as another instrument than as the main focus. It's quite hard to describe the album beyond this; while at first everything seems to blend together, given its unique style, as I get to know Loveless better each song stands out in its own way.
While it hasn't ruined music for me as it did Mr Raggett[3], already My Bloody Valentine's critically acclaimed album has worked its way into my personal canon of "outstanding music". If you haven't heard it, this is an album you must hear before you die.
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