On January 18, My Bloody Valentine will finally release a meticulously remastered version of their iconic albums, Loveless and Isn’t Anything. While that alone is exciting news for fans of the shoegaze pioneers, an even bigger announcement came during a new interview with Pitchfork: bandleader Kevin Shields confirmed that a brand-new My Bloody Valentine album will also arrive in 2018.
“We one hundred percent will,” Shields promised. “We started recording it a year ago, and then we just kept on stopping because of this [remastering] project. Basically, the record started off as an EP, and I realized it has to be, like, a mini-album, because it’s going to be at least 40 minutes long. So it’s going to be an album, but I don’t really know how many tracks it’s going to be. It’ll probably be seven or eight, by the looks of it.”
Shields also emphasized that getting back on stage is a huge motivator for finishing the album:
“We’re trying to do gigs starting in the summer. We’re going to play live again, so that’s always a really good way to guarantee that we’ll get the record done.”
Fans can read Shields’ full interview at Pitchfork and pre-order the remastered editions of Loveless and Isn’t Anything now. With a new My Bloody Valentine album and live shows on the horizon, 2018 is shaping up to be a monumental year for shoegaze and alternative rock fans alike.
