My Bloody Valentine started out as a post-punk sort of band, but when they'd got to their debut Isn't Anything, their Jesus and the Mary Chain-influences were becoming more prominent. They started experimenting with noise, partially copying JAMC, but differing in many ways; their noise was harsher, and they used vocals as an instrument. The pop element was kept. More importantly, their noise was more distorting and wrapping-you-in than JAMC's background white noise, a sound that would heavily influence the Shoegaze-genre it kickstarted. (allmusic describes it as a 'droning haze'). (NME dubbed the genre Shoegaze due to many of the bands' static stage-performances, looking down, as if they were 'gazing their shoes'. Rather, they were concentrating on pedals, but some did it for image, and the vocalist of Moose taped songtexts to the floor for a while).
You Made Me Realise (picture) was released some months before Isn't Anything, and is their first to clearly illustrate the JAMC-influence.
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PS: Flytende Bølge is once again wounded, though much worse this time. His right hand is smashed up, due to some silly not-really-an-accident. So focus your energy and heal him with your spiritual power and whatnot.
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