chirst's indie rock cocoon - 'morningrise' by slowdive (1991)

ah, slowdive
perfect find after two glasses of montana reserve sauvignon blanc and my handy dandy notebook

i listened to slowdive, and a lot other bands of the same genre and ilk at that time of 1991/2 but most notably, at this time,i was only listening to those who were from the uk (until obviously, sometime in the very next second, i'm going to find pavement and then it's all american, all guitar, all the time, baby!)

i hear this song and i just think of rhys. he was the best, most committed and cutest shoegazer i ever met in my life. cuter than mark gardener from ride (and ladies, you know that's saying something!) AND he could play a guitar with his very own fender amp. thank you very much, and good night!

oh, those drums, that bass, that guitar, the raspy silken lyrics

but this song is all about the chill out, the chill out and the think of that person that you are/were enmeshed with: "looking back i see you slip away, you seem more beautiful than yesterday"

all girls with an indie rock heart want someone looking back to see them slip away, thinking they're seeming more beautiful than the day before

this could mesh quite well with the theory that boys only want what they can't have, so therefore 'slipping away' would render such a maiden unattainable, and therefore forbiddingly enticing

i just love the slow, wavelike rhythm of this song, and it used to be on the tape i would do my relaxation exercises to

so pavlovian response a go go, i'm now in a state of complete relaxation