“We’re still all friends who talk, and there have been some offers we’ve discussed,” Halstead confirms. “Everyone is up for doing it. It’s just a case of whether we would. The question is what is the ...

The post Slowdive’s Neil Halstead on Shoegaze Moods, ’60s Pop, and Old Studio Couches appeared first on Consequence. The frontman discusses how the LP originated from a collection of 40 electronic ...

Shoegaze nerds, time to get stoked. “There’s a chance that we’ll get back together… It’s definitely possible at some point.” Halstead added that the band [Slowdive] never swore off a reformation. “No ...

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English songwriter Neil Halstead doesn't just sing, he serenades. Halstead has been known for his writing and arrangement talents, providing the majority of songs for six albums already -- three from ...

During the band’s initial run in the early ’90s, Slowdive was a victim of genre pigeonholing. The English quintet was fronted by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Neil Halstead and vocalist and ...

Slowdive, the British rock band, has been making dreamy guitar-rich records since the early 1990s. They pioneered something called shoegaze, a heavily layered style of music. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...

There's something so unforced and inviting about Neil Halstead's solo work. In Mojave 3 he soars and swoops with wide prairie scope but there's spectacular hush to the albums that bear his name. Six ...

Neil Halstead’s progression from the dreamy pop of Slowdive to the rarefied country of the Mojave 3 wasn’t the most predictable move, but the British singer-guitarist’s talent as a songwriter has ...

Once the lead singer of one of the loudest and dreamiest shoegaze acts, Slowdive, Neil Halstead has somehow found himself far away from the style he once perfected. After a decade of playing country ...

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Neil Halstead’s first band, Slowdive, generated a dense wall of sound that marked them as a second-generation shoegazer band alongside kindred spirits like early Blur and Swervedriver. His second, ...