Kyle Meredith with... Neil Halstead (Slowdive)

Slowdive’s Neil Halstead on Shoegaze Moods, 60s Pop, & Old Studio Couches
Slowdive’s Neil Halstead joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Everything Is Alive, the band’s second album since reforming in 2013. The frontman discusses starting the LP with 40 electronic instrumentals and the way the group typically works, using the same studio since their beginnings (one which still has the same couch as it has for over 30 years),and how he writes with mood in mind. Halstead also tells us how he resurrected “Andalucia Plays” from his early 2010s solo work, how his love of 60s pop finds its way into “Kisses” and “Alife,” the loads of unreleased sounds in his vault, taking cues from The Cure, and scoring The Unknown Country starring Lily Gladstone.
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[@KyleMeredith]

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[@abigaildevoe]

8:22 neil casually dropping new souvlaki lore wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card but here we are!! never knew that story about melon yellow

[@hiartontheedge]

Great question about the "reunion" record. I enjoyed the warm and interesting conversation with an artist that I greatly esteem.

[@JuanJimenez-uj6pb]

Amazing band🎉❤

[@kshvedoff9348]

Good interview👍👏💪