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[gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert)]

hmm, flash judgement, uninfluenced by net opinions, critical preoccupations,
or a second listening to the CD:

the new My Bloody Valentine album, _loveless_, is very very good.
if you have heard the other albums -- well, this one is even denser,
lusher, with a suprising Cocteau Twins feel on many of the songs,
maybe slightly hipper drums somewhere in the background, lots of airy
vocals from bilinda butcher -- *no* idea about the lyrics.

if you haven't heard the other albums, take the above and add
crazed, pitchless, distorted guitars that tend toward pillows
of sound (as compared to the rough wooden floor of sound from, say, 
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, who *could* be described in a similar manner),
indecipherable lyrics, and far catchier melodies than you might expect.

first impressions are this is one in which y'all might be interested.

footah!
-greg -- gb10@gte.com --
	"a woman drew her long black hair out tight
	 and fiddled whisper music on those strings
	 and bats with baby faces in the violet light
	 whistled, and beat their wings" -- T.S. Eliot