My Bloody Valentine 2013

[rage patton]

I've said it before I will say it again. MBV has nothing on Boris, and with this "Flood" tour, they will never compare. They are loud, but I just think it's a bit of hyperbole

Seen them in a venue, very close to the rail and by the soundboard

I saw Boris this past summer and they were definitely really fucking loud... but it didn't compare in the slightest to when I saw MBV at an indoor venue in Seattle. MBV were not that loud at Coachella. At an indoor venue, they really, really are that loud.

[buddy]

Extremely happy to hear this beautiful material, which I never thought would come. Thanks, Kevin Shields.

[stinkbutt]

Just to clarify,I barely even watched them at Coachella

[TallGuyCM]

Also, find another name for the "holocaust", it's such hyperbolic faggotry.

[Pea]

but it didn't compare in the slightest to when I saw MBV at an indoor venue in Seattle.

Was that the show at WaMu? I just barely missed that show and have been kicking myself ever since. What was that, about four years ago? Five?

[nahuatldream]

Got the Vinyl/320 package, excited! It's really for my wife, though. Happy Valentine's Day!

[bballarl]

I'm listening for a second time and think the sequencing of the album is brilliant. The first half is about refining Loveless. The second half is about bending that template into new, but recognizable, shapes.

Also, I love the terrible keyboard sounds on "If This and Yes." Looks like I need to bust out my shitty Yamaha keyboard from childhood to up my shoegaze game.

[the goat]

I had to walk back almost to the entryway at the El Rey at the "secret show" on Thurs in 09 during To Here Knows When, but I was drunk and stoned as shit and dancing so fast. The Coachella set was the loudest I've heard the main stage, and one of the closest I've ever been to (Pavement, sigh), but there isn't really any comparison (& only 3 days apart.) Its an inane discussion anyway, MBV were loud as fuck, I'm sure Boris was loud as fuck, too.

The important thing is now that we've gotten MBV, Verve, Suede, Pulp, Blur & the Stone Roses, we need Slowdive, Ride, and the fucking Boo Radleys. Fuck it, MBV-Boos-Stereolab soopergroop tent. 72 hours straight. Suck it, hippies.

[cutterbutter]

I'm very overwhelmed by this.

[sonofhal]

New You sounds a lot better now I can actually hear it properly. The sound at the Electric wasn't the best.

[getbetter]

I am not listening to this till I my vinyl in the mail.Hopefully its worth the wait

[gazercmh]

I am not listening to this till I my vinyl in the mail.Hopefully its worth the wait

Trying to do the same. We'll see if I can hold out ...

[getbetter]

I also have a bottle of alesmith MBV Ale in the fridge too waiting to be drank with this first listen.

[HotHamWater]

They really aren't that loud.

I don't understand how you can even say this. Maybe they aren't the loudest band to ever exist, but they're very loud compared to any other noise people should expose themselves to.

They weren't at Coachella anyway. I imagine it's quite different in an actual venue...

Yes they were. That was the loudest show I've ever heard. Maybe I was just imagining it, and imagining all the people without earplugs cowering and looking miserable.

[Boourns]

They weren't at Coachella anyway. I imagine it's quite different in an actual venue...

Indeed. It was quiet compared to the El Rey and Civic shows. I didn't need earplugs fairly close to the front and off to the side, not even for the holocaust. I wonder how things will go at Primavera.

[Spooks]

The last 3 tracks are the ones that are hitting me most. Just stunning, this is truly innovative stuff. Kevin, Bilinda, Colm, Debbie. Welcome back!

[Boourns]

The last 3 tracks are the ones that are hitting me most. Just stunning, this is truly innovative stuff. Kevin, Bilinda, Colm, Debbie. Welcome back!

Yes, those stood out to me as the best.

[HotHamWater]

Indeed. It was quiet compared to the El Rey and Civic shows. I didn't need earplugs fairly close to the front and off to the side, not even for the holocaust.

Yeah, Frank didn't need earplugs because his ears are impervious to things like sound.

Just because it didn't meet your particular pain threshold, doesn't mean it wasn't loud and didn't do damage. Morons.

[bmack86]

For the record, I've seen Boris six times and MBV four. MBV is far and away the louder live act. I've seen both at outdoor festivals and the level of volume can't even compare. Even Boris doing Feedbacker and Altar wasn't as loud as MBV.

[TheWatcher]

The loudest show I have ever been to was probably the Dresden Dolls @ Coachella--standing directly in front of the speakers, and the sound guys must have expected something quieter with just a keyboard and small drum set, doh! Surprised my ears were not bleeding. Or, when I saw Rush at the Forum back in '77--my ears were ringing for days after that one--don't know if my ears are getting stronger or if it was really that much louder back then--huge stacks of Marshall amps on both sides of the stage...

Although Daft Punk @ Vegoose was pretty loud also--being in front the bass was so loud it was hard to breathe at some points...

[stinkbutt]

I don't understand how you can even say this. Maybe they aren't the loudest band to ever exist, but they're very loud compared to any other noise people should expose themselves to.

I always hang by the soundboard, so maybe that's why. Don't know, I don't think they're as loud as everyone makes them out to be. Maybe it's just a local venue here that let's people play really loud that has ruined it for me, dunno.

[suprefan]

Or you couldve lost a lot more hearing than you think so stuff doesnt feel as bad? Also, maybe your brain is unresponsive to the frequencies that make mbv so ''loud''.

[_The_]

I didn't think this would ever happen. So happy right now.

[Spooks]

For the record, I've seen Boris six times and MBV four. MBV is far and away the louder live act. I've seen both at outdoor festivals and the level of volume can't even compare. Even Boris doing Feedbacker and Altar wasn't as loud as MBV.

This. I never been to a show where I needed to cover my ears. Thank god they were actually giving out earplugs at Roseland shows! The full spectrum of frequencies they went through at the end of "Realise" was 15 minutes + of madness & assault I think they made every organ in my body resonate at one point or another!

Boris is loud live but not even close to MBV. I suggest you search Youtube for Incapacitants, Deathroes, Demons, Merzbow and go from there...

[menikmati]

MBV at Coachella 09 wasn't very loud. In fact, Dinosaur Jr. at FYF was way louder.

[the goat]

MBV at Coachella 09 wasn't very loud. In fact, Dinosaur Jr. at FYF was way louder.

Fact.

[bmack86]

MBV at Coachella 09 wasn't very loud. In fact, Dinosaur Jr. at FYF was way louder.

Dinosaur Jr. is one of few acts I've seen to carry similar levels of volume as MBV in a club setting. Both times I saw them at the Troubadour I was surprised that there was anyone without earplugs in watching them.

[bballarl]

Dinosaur Jr., Mogwai and MBV are the three loudest bands I've ever seen. Mogwai at Coachella 2006 was insane. My Bloody Valentine was crazy loud at ATP and Santa Monica Civic...they were loud at Coachella too but it wasn't the same. Dinosaur Jr. at Great American Music Hall a few years back was so loud that the door to the upstairs bathroom was vibrating.

[amyzzz]

This new album is really good. I really thought everyone was hyperbolizing.

[mountmccabe]

This is a great record. The last three tracks are revelatory.

I don't know that I've ever heard a track build as glacially slow as "Nothing Is", and I have certainly not seen it in that driving of a song.

Playing "You Made Me Realise" (and "Feed Me With Your Kiss") so much during their return to touring has paid out: they've managed to work that drive into the layered wash seen on Loveless.