Alan McGee Labels My Bloody Valentine As "Nostalgic Cabaret"

  • Posted by jerom.boyd
  • Saturday, 16 August 2008

Alan McGee has labelled My Bloody Valentine's reunion shows as "nostalgic floor show", after failing to be impressed by the band's comeback this year.


McGee sign-language the influential band to his pronounce Creation Records and released two albums - 1988's 'Isn't Anything' and 1991's 'Loveless'. Now, writing on his MySpace blog, Alan says:


"Their [set] is a beautiful irony that the 'nostalgic cabaret' that is My Bloody Valentine are throwing at people in 2008 gets critical applaud in the easily pleased UK campaign with MBV still playing the exact same set up they did 20 age ago."


"The only trick Kevin Shields has anymore in 2008 is actual volume and double extra PA to numb you and zero new songs."


McGee too adds: "My Bloody Valentine were a joke signing in 1991 maybe they got better.."




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