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band

Slowdive Slowdive (stylized in lowercase) are an English people, English rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. The band consists of Neil Halstead (vocals, guitars), Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Christian Savill (guitars) ...

have released five

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s, three

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s, five

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s, five

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and four

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s. Slowdive were formed in

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in late 1989 by vocalist–guitarists

Neil Halstead Neil Halstead (born 7 October 1970) is an English musician known as the singer, primary songwriter, producer and guitarist of shoegaze band Slowdive. He has been hailed by AllMusic as "one of Britain's most respected songwriters", and '' Time O ...

and

Rachel Goswell Rachel Ann Goswell (born 16 May 1971) is an English musician who rose to prominence as vocalist and guitarist of the shoegazing, shoegaze band Slowdive, which formed in 1989. Goswell, along with Neil Halstead, Ian McCutcheon and former Chapterh ...

. The duo recruited guitarist Christian Savill, bassist Nick Chaplin and drummer Adrian Sell—who left the band after they signed to

Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...

and before the release of their eponymous EP ''

'' in 1990. Released to critical acclaim from the alternative press, ''Slowdive'' was succeeded by a further two EPs, ''Morningrise'' and ''Holding Our Breath'' (1991), both of which placed in the UK Singles Chart; ''Holding Our Breath'' reached number 5 on the

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. The band's debut studio album, ''

Just for a Day ''Just for a Day'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Slowdive, released on 2 September 1991 by Creation Records. Style Music critic Jim DeRogatis called the album's style “one of the lushest and most layered sounds of the shoega ...

'', was released in September 1991 to poor reviews, due in part to the British press' growing disillusion with the

shoegazing Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with dream pop) is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volum ...

genre. However, ''Just for a Day'' was a minor independent success, peaking at number 3 on the Independent Albums Chart and gaining Slowdive a significant following in the United States. In 1993, under pressure from Creation to produce a commercial-sounding album, Slowdive recruited

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and began producing new material. ''

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'' was released on 1 June 1993 two weeks after the '' Outside Your Room'' EP; both received similarly negative reviews but placed in the mainstream and independent charts, with ''Souvlaki'' peaking at number 52 on the

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. A follow-up EP, ''5'', was released in November 1993 and placed at number 87 on the UK Singles Chart, however following a tour in support of its release drummer Simon Scott left the band due to creative differences. Slowdive's third studio album, '' Pygmalion'', was released in February 1995. Halstead had dominated the recording process, with the album only featuring minor contributions by Goswell and Ian McCutcheon, the band's new drummer. Reviews for ''Pygmalion'' were more favourable than the band's preceding releases and the album peaked at number 108 in the UK Albums Chart. However, Creation were unsatisfied and dropped Slowdive two weeks after its release. Following Slowdive's disbandment in 1995, Halstead, Goswell and McCutcheon formed

Mojave 3 Mojave 3 were a British rock band consisting of former Slowdive members Neil Halstead (vocals, guitar), Rachel Goswell (vocals, bass) and Ian McCutcheon (drums) alongside keyboardist Alan Forrester and former Chapterhouse guitarist Simon Rowe. ...

. The band reformed in 2014, and after touring for several years, released their first new material in over two decades, ''

''.

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Extended plays

Singles

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Music videos

Miscellaneous appearances

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* {{Slowdive, state=collapsed Alternative rock discographies Discographies of British artists