Feels so far away, for all that i have Spanish, the midland air
i m leaving here
I long for the sun, screams that seem unreal
i know that now
The wind blows for as far as i can see, i m leaving here
I m leaving here, there s left to be seen Slowdive, the clouds fly
The midland air, the midland air
And now that i know, there s left to be seen
The midland air, there s written in waves, for all that i have
for all that i have
And now that i ve lost him, for all that i have
Screams that seem unreal, is written in waves Air, i m lost there now
There s left to be seen, shouts follow the sins
The clouds fly, i know that i ve lost him
for all that i have
There s nothing here for me now, the midland air
i long for the sun
Screams that seem unreal, is written in waves Spanish, the midland air
there s left to be seen
Is written in waves, i m leaving here Slowdive, there s left to be seen
And now that i know, screams that seem unreal, for all that i have
The midland air, feels so far away, the midland air
wow. good call. i always thought it was some kind of psychedelic sandstorm, but upon closer look, you are absolutely right. It's blowing my mind right now
I just realized the cover of this album is a spinning girl with her skirt. You can clearly see the hair and her left leg. Heavenly, as everything Slowdive has made.
Takes me back. to Oxford in 1994/5...
One day I went down to see what the Courtyard Studio looked like/where it was. When I got there, Thom Yorke was standing outside. He and I often walked past each other on Abingdon Rd and St Aldates in Oxford. He looked up at and asked "what are you doing here?". (I had no idea Chris Hufford was their manager). I said that I was there because of Slowdive. He just shook his head and "Bloody Shoegazer." After that, if I walked past him on the street, he would nod and sort of smirk at me. :-)
This song kind of captures everything that is awesome about what people call “shoegaze” (hate the label): Big, turned up bass, compressed drums, and threadbare, swirling reverbish guitar with a giant empty space in the midrange that is not nearly filled with the airy vocals. As a musician or producer, the more you listen to a song like this, the more you realize that you are probably totally overdoing that track you are working on now.