Editing Slowdive (section)

==Influences and style==
Music journalist [[Simon Reynolds]] wrote that "Halstead was more influenced by [[Pink Floyd]] than by the [[Sex Pistols]]. Slowdive's formative pop experiences involve post-punk groups like [[the Cure]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], whose artsy approach was closer to '70s progressive groups than punk's angry minimalism".<ref name="rey">{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/01/arts/pop-view-dream-pop-bands-define-the-times-in-britain.html |title=Dream-Pop' Bands Define the Times in Britain |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 December 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054651/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/01/arts/pop-view-dream-pop-bands-define-the-times-in-britain.html |access-date=3 March 2014|archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref> Halstead stated that Slowdive wanted "to create something big and beautiful and sort of timeless".<ref name="rey" /> Other names he and Goswell mentioned were [[David Bowie]], [[the Byrds]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Cocteau Twins]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] and [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]]'s debut studio album, ''[[Psychocandy]]'' (1985).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c96YmrLSIaE&t=127s Slowdive audio interview in Berlin December 1991]. Youtube. Retrieved 1 May 2015</ref> Bassist Nick Chaplin's favorite band is the Cure, which also manifested in Slowdive's music.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Piers |date=2023-08-25 |title=Slowdive interviewed: "The destination was never really discussed or known" |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/slowdive-interviewed-the-destination-was-never-really-discussed-or-known-143507/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=UNCUT |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Their sound has been described as [[shoegaze]],<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.spin.com/2014/01/slowdive-reunion-tour-new-album-20-year/ | title=Slowdive End 20-Year Silence With Promise of Tour, Possible New Album | magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=29 January 2014 | access-date=14 April 2015 | author=McGovern, Kyle}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/01/five-reasons-slowdives-souvlaki-trumps-loveless.html | title=Five Reasons Slowdive's ''Souvlaki'' Trumps ''Loveless'' | magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] | access-date=14 April 2015 | date=31 January 2014 | author=Schonfeld, Zach | archive-date=19 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119141332/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/01/five-reasons-slowdives-souvlaki-trumps-loveless.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[dream pop]],<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/mflow-dream-pop | title=MFlow - Dream Pop | magazine=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] | date=16 April 2010 | access-date=14 April 2015 | author=Murray, Robin}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyoEAAAAMBAJ&q=Slowdive+%22dream+pop%22&pg=PA72 | title=A Different Tune: Greg Araki in his All Splendor | journal=[[CMJ]] |date=November 1999  | volume=88 | issue=75 | pages=72}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9KJt3F7IdUC&q=Slowdive+%22dream+pop%22&pg=PA26 | title=Mojave 3 | journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=January 2001  | volume=124 | issue=17 | pages=28}}</ref> and [[Ambient music|ambient]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxInAQAAIAAJ&q=slowdive+ambient | title=Slowdive | magazine=[[The New Yorker]] | year=2003 | volume=79}}</ref>