Monday 10 September 2012

Slowdive - Hide Yer Eyes [12", LP, Unofficial]


This is a peculiar release, that i ran into a few weeks ago. HIDE YER EYES is a collection of SLOWDIVE songs that apparently were recorded between the Just For Today and Souvlaki albums, and were supposed to be released as an album called I Saw The Sun. Or maybe they were just leftover demos, i don't know. All songs, except for Dagger, never made it to any of their albums at least.
Various things can be found online about these songs. The only thing i do know however, is that if there are still master tapes around of these, a little remastering could do a miracle and you'd have a lovely high-quality Slowdive album from their best period. The quality of these tracks however is pretty bad. Likely taken straight from mp3's that float around on the internet (originating from dubbed copies of tapes, i can only imagine) and only just decent enough to be able to dream how these would sound if properly remastered. Surely not the reason why they call this genre dreampop. Another funny detail: when you look up the supposed address for the record label as stated on the cover on Google Maps, it's an Aral gas station near Leipzig, Germany.
But anyway for big Slowdive fans like myself, this LP is a welcome addition to my collection.


Label: Alti Philosophi
Cat.nr.: -
Year of release: ?

SIDE A:
01. Summer Day
02. Bleed
03. Sleep
04. Silver Screen
05. Dagger

SIDE B:
01. Joy
02. Hide Yer Eyes
03. Ending
04. Richard
05. I Saw The Sun


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