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Slowdive — Just for a Day

Stalwarts of the scene that celebrated itself, Slowdive took their name from a Siouxsie and the Banshees song (a fact that made explicit the lineage that led from the dark, introverted sounds of goth to the, um, dark, introverted sounds of shoegaze), and released three albums during the early ’90s that captured the shoegaze sound perfectly — especially this classic debut, which was apparently improvised entirely in the studio. These days the majority of the band members make up the country-influenced Mojave 3, and are apparently working on new material after a hiatus of nearly a decade.