my bloody valentine disappointments, parts 1 and 2...
first, there was the album...quiet, by modern standards, don't you think? did someone accidentally knock the treble fader with their elbow when mastering it, giving it a dull, muffled feel? and what is all this audophillic bullshit about mastering from analogue tape...see all of the above? an impression of polished demos that needed a bit more work and inspiration... you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness? an impression that it would have been fine as an additional disc of 'lost tracks' with another release, perhaps, but as a stand-alone album? oh, let me tell you, as a huge fan, i've tried and tried, tried to love it... but my inclinations are to turn up the treble, cut some of the tracks down to loveless-esque interludes between tracks, resequence it, remix it, make it louder, finish it off... maybe i need to wait for the digital remaster to come out, ha ha ha... perhaps i was expecting something of a bigger progressi