Slowdive - everything is aliveeverything is alive, Slowdives 5th record, is exactly what the title suggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and the universal touch points within it. While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to the atmospheric quality of 1995s Pygmalion; everything is alive also manages to break down the boundaries of whats come before it. Spanning psychedelic soundscapes, pulsating 80s electronic elements and John Cale

but mostly because this disc is genuine

excitement and anxiety

from "Grotesque" to "Bend Sinister"

Setting the scene with a spare drumbeat that moves the music forward in a more maligned than militant march

The anxious hush that fell over much of Scott’s previous music gets turned inside-out in songs tailored for post-plague celebration

While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to the atmospheric quality of 1995’s Pygmalion

He beholds the beauty of mistakes with producer Jim Dickinson (Replacements

Jeff Tweedy and Elliott Smith

they had a new album

originally released in 1970

then take flight into otherworldly techno grooves

was recorded in Little Rock