Lush - Undertow

[iron mitchell]

i adore slowdive. most shoegaze stuff, particularly the poppier variety, sounds bland as hell to me but i must say that slowdive, along with mbv and lush, have proven to be longstanding bands in my life. i don't really see how one who likes lush would consider slowdive boring. particularly the first half of souvlaki. i suppose the first album isn't all that special and the third would probably turn off those looking for more straightforward stuff, but souvlaki is pure dream-pop goodness. if anything, your ears are broken if you don't love the first song, "alison".