The fifth album from shoegaze giants Slowdive will be released on September 1, 2023. The title is Everything Is Alive.
It began with Neil Halstead in the role of producer and writer, working on demos at home. He experimented with modular synths and originally conceived of the new album as a, “more minimal electronic record.”
Slowdive’s eventually steered the album back towards the usual reverb-drenched guitars, but that first concept colored the compositions. “As a band, when we’re all happy with it, that tends to be the stronger material,” Halstead says. “We’ve always come from slightly different directions, and the best bits are where we all meet in the middle.” The convergence of five unique characters has made the sound. “Slowdive is very much the sum of its parts,” Goswell adds. “Something unquantifiable happens when the five of us come together in a room.”
It’s available for pre-order now at popmarket and bandcamp
Tracklist:
| 1. | Shanty |
| 2. | prayer remembered |
| 3. | alife |
| 4. | andalucia plays |
| 5. | kisses |
| 6. | skin in the game |
| 7. | chained to a cloud |
| 8. | the slab |
Tour Dates:
- September 23: Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- September 25: Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston
- September 27: NYC, NY – Webster Hall
- September 28: NYC, NY – Webster Hall
- September 29: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
- September 30: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
- October 2: Cleveland, OH – The Roxy @ Mahall’s
- October 3: Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
- October 4: St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
- October 6: Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
- October 7: Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
- October 9: Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
- October 10: Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
- October 12: San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
- October 14: Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
- Oct 30 – Glasgow, UK – QMU
- Oct 31 – Manchester, UK – 02 Ritz
- Nov 1 – Bristol, UK – SWX
- Nov 3 – London, UK – The Troxy
- Nov 5 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall
- Nov 6 – Dublin, Eire – National Stadium