Souvlaki
About this Album
Souvlaki, released on Creation Records on 1 June 1993, is Slowdive's second album.[1] Work began on tour in 1992, with around forty songs recorded and then largely scrapped after label head Alan McGee rejected the demos.[1] The band asked Brian Eno to produce; he declined but spent a few days recording with them, leaving his mark on "Sing" and "Here She Comes."[1]
Neil Halstead wrote most of the material after the end of his relationship with bandmate Rachel Goswell, including a two-week stretch alone in a rented Welsh cottage, and the songs are starker and more personal than the band's debut.[1][2] The title comes from a prank-call skit by The Jerky Boys.[1] The album charted modestly at number 51 in the UK and drew mixed reviews, but has since been reappraised as one of the defining shoegaze records.[1] "Alison" opens the album and was its only single.[1]