Kevin Shields says: My Bloody Valentine will make another record

[madkevin]

According to Pitchfork:

"I do feel that I will make another great record," Shields told the publication. "We are 100% going to make another My Bloody Valentine record unless we die or something. I'd feel really bad if I didn't make another record. Like, shit, people only got the first two chapters, but the last bit is the best bit. It's just that it's taken me such an oddly long time for that to happen."

"Oddly long" is an understatement, considering Loveless came out in 1991. Still, I would truly love it if this were true.

[Elton]

I'm intrigued too -- Loveless is one of my favorite albums.

I wonder what sixteen years will do to their sound though.

[charmtrap]

I'll believe it when I see it of course, but those songs on Lost in Translation were good, so I hope it actually happens someday.

[Malathor]

We are 100% going to make another My Bloody Valentine record unless we die or something.

I remember him saying the same thing, and me being excited about it, about 6 or 7 years ago.

[madkevin]

Still, those songs on Translation (as charmtrap mentions) gives one slightly more cause to hope.

[PeterGinsberg]

I saw MBV on the tour for Loveless, and it was the single loudest concert I have ever been to.

They didn't talk, no stage banter at all. They didn't turn down their amps even when changing guitars (a loud screetch as they ripped the patch cable out of one and slapped it into another). At one point there was a 10 minute crescendo of drone which sounded a whole lot like sticking your head inside an airplane engine.

It was pretty great.

There was a Guardian interview with him a couple years ago where he said this:
"I lost it. I lost what I had and I thought, you know what? I'm not going to put a crap record out."

You lost it? "I think everyone does. Everyone has a certain thing and they lose it and they should move on. But I wasn't ready to move on. I reached a sort of stalemate with myself. I wanted to be where I used to be and have that powerful, strong sense of direction. But I wasn't inspired the way I used to be."

Let's hope he found it again if he decides to make another record.

Maybe he and Jeff Mangum can team up and have a reclusive-genius-living-in-the-shadow-of-their-one-great-record off.

[triggercut]

I saw MBV on the tour for Loveless, and it was the single loudest concert I have ever been to.

They didn't talk, no stage banter at all. They didn't turn down their amps even when changing guitars (a loud screetch as they ripped the patch cable out of one and slapped it into another). At one point there was a 10 minute crescendo of drone which sounded a whole lot like sticking your head inside an airplane engine.

It was pretty great.

There was a Guardian interview with him a couple years ago where he said this:
"I lost it. I lost what I had and I thought, you know what? I'm not going to put a crap record out."

You lost it? "I think everyone does. Everyone has a certain thing and they lose it and they should move on. But I wasn't ready to move on. I reached a sort of stalemate with myself. I wanted to be where I used to be and have that powerful, strong sense of direction. But I wasn't inspired the way I used to be."

Let's hope he found it again if he decides to make another record.

Maybe he and Jeff Mangum can team up and have a reclusive-genius-living-in-the-shadow-of-their-one-great-record off.

Maybe they can get Lee Mavers to sing.

Sire/WB signed MBV to a a pretty small-potatoes contract, with the stipulation that the label would pay for the recording that would become LOVELESS (usually the band pays for the recording of their record themselves, out of the "advance" they get from the label, so this was a little unique.) MBV spent a gajillion bucks on LOVELESS, money that the label was pissed about. Although LOVELESS sold a ton of copies, it didn't make back even a third of what it cost to make (one guy I know who worked for what was then WEA told me that LOVELESS was the most expensive alternative record ever made).

Anyway, there have been horror stories floating out there for years about abortive post-'92 MBV sessions, involving Shields recording dozens of overdubbed guitar tracks stacked atop one another on a single song, spending months and months doing it....and then bulk erasing (or digitally deleting) the entire enterprise at the end.

I'd be stunned at this point if there was another MBV record. Part of me thinks that sucks, but another part of me can see LOVELESS and ISN'T ANYTHING (which I still think is a better disc) as wonderful, timeless creations, genius undiminished by future paler imitations and/or artistic lapses by the same band.

[madkevin]

While Mission Of Burma have shown that it is possible to come back from a decades-long hiatus and still be a vibrant and important band, chances are not good. It would be a shame to tarnish the reputation of MBV with a crappy coda.

That said, if it ever happens, I will buy the record the second it hits stores.

[madkevin]

ARISE! My Bloody Valentine is playing three shows in England in June 2008! So all you British Qt3 natives, would you kindly sneak in a hi-def camera and record the shows for me? Thanks.

[rrmorton]

Maybe they can get Lee Mavers to sing.

And speaking of Lee Mavers, Mojo reports that The La's are back at work too, flriting with the idea of a new album. And in addition, there are plans to release one of the early versions of the debut (and only) album which was completed and then scrapped. Steve Lillywhite produced the version which eventually saw release (despite the objections of Mavers) and I think it was John Leckie who produced the earlier album. That'll probably be a better listen than any new material they record.

[charmtrap]

ARISE! My Bloody Valentine is playing three shows in England in June 2008! So all you British Qt3 natives, would you kindly sneak in a hi-def camera and record the shows for me? Thanks.

They've added four more dates, after the first three sold out in minutes...now you UKians have no excuse...get in there with a camera, dammit!

[Rod Humble]

http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=1...UyNzA0X19FVEM=

Interview. Good stuff. Gawd I love VBS.TV

[tiohn]

I swear that I read somewhere that Shields still owes Sire/WB another album via contractual obligation. In which case, yea, he'll presumably release a new album someday.

[triggercut]

I swear that I read somewhere that Shields still owes Sire/WB another album via contractual obligation. In which case, yea, he'll presumably release a new album someday.

Still up to the lawyers. Sire/WB would love to try anything to recoup the $6 million in production costs spent on LOVELESS and aborted followups, but they've long-since dumped MBV from any further contractual obligations from the label regarding marketing and distribution.

[charmtrap]

ARISE!

There may never be another MBV album, but the remasters (of Loveless, Isn't Anything and the early EPs compilation) will finally see the light of day next week. Apparently there's a few unreleased tracks on there too.

There's an interesting interview with Shields on Pitchfork about some of the hurdles to dealing with multinational corporations and some of the technical reasons for remastering these albums:

http://pitchfork.com/features/interv...tm_name=ticker

[Relayer71]

Nice, could use remastering.

Did anyone get the album MBV drummer Colm O Ciosoig did with Hope Sandoval (of Mazzy Star?)? It's pretty good - more Mazzy than MBV. Album was called, "Through The Devil Softly" (under the name Hope Sandoval And The Warm Inventions).

[triggercut]

ARISE!

There may never be another MBV album, but the remasters (of Loveless, Isn't Anything and the early EPs compilation) will finally see the light of day next week. Apparently there's a few unreleased tracks on there too.

There's an interesting interview with Shields on Pitchfork about some of the hurdles to dealing with multinational corporations and some of the technical reasons for remastering these albums:

http://pitchfork.com/features/interv...tm_name=ticker

And hey, he does say taht he's been working on the new album....hahahahahaha.

[John Many Jars]

I wonder if they gaze at different shoes now.

[charmtrap]

And hey, he does say taht he's been working on the new album....hahahahahaha.

Haha, Kevin is such a troll.

[charmtrap]

The Guardian is streaming both the analog and digital remasters of Loveless now:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...oveless-stream

[VegasRobb]

Wow, that brings back some memories.

[charmtrap]

Seriously. The remastering job is quite apparent, even on streaming. Not so much on the more structured songs like "When You Sleep" and "Come In Alone", but on tracks like "To Here Knows When" and "Blown A Wish" and "What You Want" it's kind of a whole new song. Not sure if it's better, mind you, but it's definitely different.

Can't wait to hear this on vinyl.

[charmtrap]

Kevin Shields talks about the new recordings: http://thequietus.com/articles/08742...tine-new-album

Maybe a new album is actually going to happen. Oh, btw, those remasters are fucking well worth the wait. They sound freaking amazing!

[forgeforsaken]

Haven't had a chance to listen to these yet and will check out tonight, but do they retain that quality of making you wonder if your stereo was busted, or that audio swirliness that could almost make you dizzy?

[forgeforsaken]

Well not the new album, but how about a tribute album by a bunch of Japanese bands?
Here's Boris doing Sometimes from Yellow Loveless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f4Ok...layer_embedded
Some other interesting takes on there, the Shonen Knife one for instance.

[triggercut]

Pfft. I trump the announcement of a tribute record to say that tweets coming from an MBV show in Brixton tonight (last night in the UK, obv), have Kevin Shields announcing from the stage that the new My Bloody Valentine album will be out in "2-3 days."

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive..._valen_11.html

[Hotfreak]

Pfft. I trump the announcement of a tribute record to say that tweets coming from an MBV show in Brixton tonight (last night in the UK, obv), have Kevin Shields announcing from the stage that the new My Bloody Valentine album will be out in "2-3 days."

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive..._valen_11.html

f(kevinshields){2-3 days} = We'll hear a raw demo in 2025.

[jg93]

I've seen hundreds of bands live - and these guys take the cake as the single worst live performance I've ever seen. Terrible.

[Rightbug]

http://isthenewmbvalbumoutyet.tumblr.com/

[triggercut]

YESYESYESYEYSYESYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the MBV facebook page (which is "official", whatever that means):

"We are preparing to go live with the new album/website this evening. We will make an announcement as soon as its up."