Shoegaze is back: From My Bloody Valentine to A Place to Bury Strangers
Yet the music made by the best bands in the movement --- My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, Lush – had an enduring influence. When My Bloody Valentine reunited in 2008, it played to the biggest audiences of its career. What’s more, band leader Kevin Shields said he’s working on the long-awaited follow-up to the Valentine’s masterpiece, the 1991 release “Loveless” – though when, if ever, we’ll see that album remains in doubt. But shoegaze is back in force, with the emergence of a new crop of bands who want to make their own “Loveless.”
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