After months of increasingly frustrating news stories implying that the shoegaze heavyweights Slowdive were both back together and cooking up something new for your ears, Slowdive have finally officially announced their first new album in 22 years. Out May 5 (so soon!) via Dead Oceans, it is known simply as Slowdive.
Exciting! But, if you’ve been left Slowdive-starved for over two decades and find yourself still craving more, fear not! Slowdive have also shared a new single from Slowdive (following “Star Roving”) called “Sugar for the Pill,” and they’ve also announced a surprise London show, happening tomorrow.
Can’t afford both Slowdive tickets and plane tickets to London in the next 24 hours? Don’t worry, you can catch the band at any number of additional times and places as they tour around the world this spring and summer, and you can also stream that entire London show tomorrow over at Slowdive’s Facebook page at the obviously-super-convenient-for-everyone time of 4:10 PM EST. (And to think, Facebook was not yet even a twinkle in young Mark Zuckerburg’s eye when Pygmalion came out in 1995…)
Watch the video for “Sugar for the Pill,” pre-order here, and check out the full tracklist for the new Slowdive album Slowdive, the first Slowdive album Slowdive has put out in 22 Slowdives years, below.
Slowdive tracklist:
01. Slomo
02. Star Roving
03. Don’t Know Why
04. Sugar For The Pill
05. Everyone Knows
06. No Longer Making Time
07. Go Get It
08. Falling Ashes
Slowdive tour:
03.28.17 - Liverpool, England - Art Club
03.29.17 - London, England - The Garage
03.30.17 - Bristol, England - The Fleece
03.31.17 - The Hague, Netherlands - Rewire Festival
04.02.17 - Paris, France - Trabendo
04.03.17 - Berlin, Germany - Festsaal
04-30.17 - Fort Worth, TX - Fortress Festival
05.02.17 - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theater *
05.03.17 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theater *
05.05.17 - Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall *
05.07.17 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05.08.17 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
05.09.17 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
05.10.17 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
05.11.17 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
05.13.17 - Santiago, Chile - Fauna Otono
05.14.17 - São Paulo, Brazil - Balaclava Fest
06.02.17 - London, England - O2 Academy
06.03.17 - London, England - Field Day 2017 @ Victoria Park
06.16-18.17 - Mannheim, Germany - Maifeld Derby
07.07.17 - Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool Festival
07.21-23.17 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
08.31.17 - Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
* Japanese Breakfast
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