Slowdive (album)

Slowdive
Studio album by
Slowdive
Released5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
Studio
Genre
Length46:01
LabelDead Oceans
ProducerNeil Halstead
Slowdive chronology
Catch the Breeze
(2004) 		Slowdive
(2017) 		Everything Is Alive
(2023)
Singles from Slowdive
  1. "Star Roving"
    Released: 12 January 2017
  2. "Sugar for the Pill"
    Released: 28 March 2017

Slowdive is the fourth studio album by English rock band Slowdive. It was released on 5 May 2017 by the record label Dead Oceans.[1] It was Slowdive's first studio album in 22 years, following Pygmalion (1995).[1] It was also the band's first album since Souvlaki (1993) to feature the drummer Simon Scott as a member.

Slowdive was preceded by the singles "Star Roving", released on 12 January 2017,[2][3] and "Sugar for the Pill", released on 28 March 2017.[1]

The album artwork is a still image from avant-garde cut-out animation film, Heaven and Earth Magic (1962), by beatnik artist and polymath Harry Smith.

  1. ^ a b c Pearce, Sheldon (28 March 2017). "Slowdive Announce First New Album in 22 Years, Share 'Sugar for the Pill' Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. ^ Minsker, Evan (12 January 2017). "Listen to Slowdive's First New Track in 22 Years, 'Star Roving'". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ^ Blistein, Jon (12 January 2017). "Hear Slowdive's Celestial First Song in 22 Years 'Star Roving'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 September 2019.