Domino Records announced the signing of my bloody valentine, with the release of the band’s catalogue digitally in full for the first time on Wednesday (March 31).
The new physical editions for each release will follow on May 21 and are now available for pre-order.
Pre-orders for deluxe LP versions of Isn’t Anything and loveless are now available as it have been mastered fully from analog and from new hi-res uncompressed digital sources for standard LPs — being made available widely for the first time.
A full analog cut of their 2013 reunion album, m b v, will also be available on deluxe and standard LPs around the world.
Isn’t Anything (REWIG158), loveless (REWIG159), ep’s 1988-1991 and rare tracks (REWIG162) and m b v (REWIG160) are available to pre-order in limited edition bundles via the mbv store and Domino Mart.
my bloody valentine
The Irish-English alternative rock band led by guitarist/singers Kevin Shields and Blinda Butcher, bassist Debbie Googe and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig debuted in 1988 with the album Isn’t Anything preceded by You Made Me Realize and Feed Me With Your Kiss’s mini album of the group’s four EPs compilation — ep’s 1988-1991 and rare tracks, wherein many of their devoted fans’ favorite music lies.
In the gap between Isn’t Anything and loveless, the bands released two further EPs: Glider (1990) and Tremolo (1991).
Since then, the band is widely revered as one of the most ground-breaking and influential groups and it went for the past forty years. They achieved the rare feat of sounding like the future.
My Bloody Valentine’s debut album
Originally released in 1988, Isn’t Anything, the band revolutionized alternative music and heralded a new approach to guitar music for generations to come.
The album became a template for thousands of new subgenres, heralding a new approach to guitar music and studio production.
Not only was it a new type of music, it paved the way for a new type of journalism; inciting comparisons to elemental phenomenon, tapping into how the music affected the psyche. Shields and Butcher frequently sang in a similar vocal range that allowed their voices to blend together. This had the effect of making their gender indistinguishable, to the point where their voices could be used as another melodic layer to complement the vertigo-inducing sounds made by Shields’ guitars.
loveless
The second album was released in 1991 took an unexpected leap forwards, standing ahead of anything released at the time.
Shields and the band moved further towards a music of pure sensation, creating textures and tones that could be felt as much as heard; with loveless the band created an album that overwhelmed the senses.
loveless is widely considered a flawless whole and rightly regarded as a masterpiece; a 1990s equivalent to Pet Sounds, In A Silent Way or Innervisions, a record constructed by exploring the edges of what a recording studio is capable of. It is a record best experienced as a whole, in one sitting – a listening experience like no other and unmatchable in its sonic brevity.
m b v
The reunion album in 2013 is by turns their most experimental record but also their most melodic and immediate; proof real of their unerring desire for re-invention.
Continuing to push boundaries of both music and genre, m b v is an album of astonishing music, some of which could lay claim to being of a type never been made before.
Otherworldly, intimate and a visceral listen, m b v is a startling and beautiful metamorphosis of what was known of the my bloody valentine sound, pushing the boundaries of genre unlike any other band.
The album’s closer, “Wonder 2” is an example of this, seeing Shields meld hypnotic guitar with drum’n’bass to astonishing result.
Check out my bloody valentine’s website here.
