Loveless
This must be old new to everybody, but not to me. This is also probably only day I write two posts on a same day (it’s still same day for me, even not to clock). When writing my last post I ended up to pitchfork’s top 100 of the 90’s. Radiohead’s OK Computer was the first, and the text kept referring to Loveless. What Loveless I ask. well, Loveless was 2nd. I found it on my computer, listened it through, and went to the records store to buy it. I do understand why it’s on top ten. Of course now, it’s nothing so new. I can hear references to Siamese Dream of pumpkins, to My Bloody Valentine’s label mates the Boo Radleys and Swervedriver. Also to Radiohead I think. But actually all those are references to Loveless, because it came out in ‘91. What I do wonder that how the hell I haven’t heard this before? My Bloody Valentine was familiar as a name but not as a music. All those people I raved about Swervedriver, didn’t know to point my way also here. Don’t get me wrong, Swervedriver and MBV’s Loveless aren’t really the same at all, but they have more incommon than many other band. And speaking of references, actually Swervedriver’s Raise came out also on ‘90 or ‘91. So no influences there, maybe. I think Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys came out in ‘93, and there I really find some connections, but you never know. Anyway, one classic album that I didn’t have heard, and now I have it. Which is brilliant. It is always brilliant to find GOOD music. But I still wonder how come no one point me in this direction when I was hearing Smashing Pumpkins‘ Siamese Dream and Swervedriver’s Mezcal Head etc. funny funny, weird weird.
