Slowdive’s fifth album, is exactly what the titlernsuggests: an exploration into the shimmering nature of life and thernuniversal touch points within it.rn While there are parts of this record that could sit neatly next to thernatmospheric quality of 1995’s ‘Pygmalion’; ‘everything is alive’ alsornmanages to break down the boundaries of what’s come before it.rn Spanning psychedelic soundscapes, pulsating 80’s electronicrnelements and John Cale inspired journeys, the album landsrnimmediately as something made for 2023 and beyond.rn For a genre that is often thought of as divisive, and often warrantsrnintrospection, here Slowdive show their craft as the masters of itrnby pushing it outwards, beyond the singular; the end result being arnrecord which feels as emotional and cathartic as it is hopeful.rn Slowdive return with their sophomore album on Dead Oceans,rnproduced by Neil Halstead and mastered by Heba Kadry