Eyes Down: genre-spanning shoegaze collection announced
Cherry Red have announced Still In A Dream: A Story Of Shoegaze 1988-1995 for release on 29th January.
The 5CD ‘book set’ comes with a 12,000 word essay from Neil Taylor and traces the evolution of the genre from artists like House Of Love and Spacemen 3, through the so-called ‘Scene That Celebrates Itself’ with acts such as Chapterhouse, Ride and Lush and on to latecomers like Seefeel and Drop Nineteens.
“If Nancy Sinatra had Einsturzende Neubaten as a backing band, that’s how we wanted to sound.” – Jim Reid, The Jesus & Mary Chain
“Ride were a fantastic band – one of my favourites of all time.” – Robert Smith, The Cure
“Those first three Slowdive EPs defined that era for me. Absolutely beautiful.” – Ivo Watts-Russell, 4AD Records
Quotes from the ‘Beautiful Noise’ shoegaze film.
