Slowdive (officially) returns

Over the last couple of weeks rumors have been swirling about a Slowdive reunion, and today the band made it official. In a message posted on their newly launched site, they annnounced they'll make their grand live return at Primavera Sound 2014 in Barcelona in May. Additionally, in an interview with the Quietus, Neil Halstead revealed that they're considering putting together a new album:

"We had our first rehearsal last week, which was fun. We were surprisingly good. Quite a few of the songs came back quickly"

"The initial impetus was the idea of doing some new music. It seemed easier to do that because it’s not so public. But then we thought it would be good if we could raise a bit of money to make the record, and doing a couple of gigs would enable us to do that. And that’s the way it shaped up – while we’re rehearsing we can see if we’ve got another record in us."

A full interview with Slowdive premieres tomorrow on the Quietus, but for now you can read their preview article here.

UPDATE: A new posting about the band's reunion has been posted on Slowdive's official site. More tour dates will be announced soon!

Follow Slowdive on Twitter and visit their official site here.

Slowdive are back. http://t.co/uiMRU1d3bb
— Slowdive (@slowdiveband) January 28, 2014

Published on January 28th, 2014 @ 3:30 PM