When You Wake You're Still In A Nightmare: My Bloody Valentine
Simon Reynolds, Alternative Press, October 1995
In 1991 My Bloody Valentine released Loveless, one of rock's most innovative albums. Then... silence What on earth have they been doing the last four years? In this exclusive, Simon Reynolds talks to leader Kevin Shields and finds a group mired in creative, personal, and financial crises.
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