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My Bloody Valentine

City of Origin: Dublin, Ireland

Period of Activity: Mid-80s to mid-90s, mid 2000s to present

Members: Bilinda Butcher, Debbie Googe, Colm Ó Cíosóig, Kevin Shields, David Conway (former), Tina Durkin (former)

Related Artists: Snowpony

Discography:

• This is Your Bloody Valentine (1985)
• Geek! EP (1985)
• The New Record by My Bloody Valentine EP (1986)
• Sunny Sundae Smile EP (1987)
• "Strawberry Wine" (1987, single)
• Ecstasy EP (1987)
• You Made Me Realise EP (1988)
• Isn't Anything (1988)
• Feed Me With Your Kiss EP (1990)
• Glider EP (1990)
• Tremolo EP (1991)
• Loveless (1991)
• m b v (2013)

Social Media: Instagram | Website

Of course, My Bloody Valentine are well-known for being shoegaze pioneers, with Loveless being pretty much universally considered the best example of the genre. But I've always been partial to their 1986-1988 discography, personally. In that stretch, you see them move out of Cramps-ish goth rock into a noisy C86 style that kinda fits in with like Jasmine Minks or Meat Whiplash, and then into a still somewhat noisy jangle pop, and finally into the beginnings of shoegaze. Former singer David Conway doesn't have the best reputation, but I really like him a lot on the two EPs where he starts singing in a normal voice. He works really well within that C86 context, even if Bilinda Butcher's vocals are technically better when she comes in! Plus, like, hearing "Paint a Rainbow" was one of the things that helped make me a total indiepop nut (before Talulah Gosh even!), so you've got him to blamethank for this site even existing!