Editing Slowdive (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Slowdive Fox Theater 2.jpg|thumb|Slowdive at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California, 2017]]
Slowdive were initially dismissed by the British independent music press. While reviews of the band's early extended plays were favorable,<ref>{{cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |title=Slowdive |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slowdive-mn0000030431/biography |access-date=8 May 2021 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Slowdive's reputation took a downturn with the release of their debut album, ''Just for a Day'', which received middling reviews from publications such as ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lester |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Lester |date=31 August 1991 |title=Dive Bomb |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |page=32}}</ref><ref name="Select">{{cite magazine |last=Maier |first=Dan |author-link=Daniel Maier |date=October 1991 |title=Slowdive: ''Just for a Day'' |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=16 |page=71}}</ref> In 1991, [[Richey Edwards]], guitarist and lyricist of [[Manic Street Preachers]], proclaimed: "We will always hate Slowdive more than [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gourlay |first=Dom |date=2010-09-22 |title=DiS meets Nicky Wire: "Under New Labour, Britain became a giant call centre really..." |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141082-dis-meets-nicky-wire--under-new-labour-britain-became-a-giant-call-centre-really |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=DrownedInSound |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128205313/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141082-dis-meets-nicky-wire--under-new-labour-britain-became-a-giant-call-centre-really |url-status=dead }}</ref> Upon its release, ''Souvlaki'' was received similarly negatively; ''Melody Maker''<nowiki/>'s Dave Simpson infamously wrote, "I would rather drown choking in a bath full of porridge than ever listen to it again", three years after the publication praised the band's EPs for being "impossible, immaculate and serene".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=12 June 1993 |title=Slowdive: ''Souvlaki'' |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |location=London |page=30}}</ref><ref name="Pollard">{{Cite news |last=Pollard |first=Alexandra |date=2017-03-30 |title=The unlikely renaissance of Slowdive: 'Shoegaze became the genre of ridicule' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/30/the-unlikely-renaissance-of-slowdive-shoegaze-became-the-genre-of-ridicule |access-date=2023-09-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>  The band theorised that they came across as too soft and feminine, and were overshadowed by the emergence of [[Britpop]] at the same time. Said Goswell of Britpop: "It was very [[Lad culture|laddy]]."<ref name="Pollard"/> About the band's initial poor reviews, Goswell said: "Within about a year of being in the industry, I became very disenchanted, because of the treatment that we got from this small amount of UK journalists. Obviously, they held a lot of power in this country at that point."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=DiGiacomo |first=Frank |date=2023-08-30 |title=Slowdive's Rachel Goswell on the Band's New Album, Coping With Hearing Impairment & Her Hopes for Meeting Siouxsie Sioux |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/slowdive-rachel-goswell-everything-is-alive-album-tour-1235403397/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2004, ''[[The Independent]]'' referred to Slowdive as a "long-forgotten indie band".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-10-23 |title=Manic Street Preachers: Sublime and ridiculous |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/manic-street-preachers-sublime-and-ridiculous-545030.html |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

The band's reputation was mended by critics throughout the 2010s, who acclaimed Slowdive as one of the best shoegaze bands.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time - Page 5 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=5 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Pitchfork.com | date=24 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |date=2017-01-06 |title=The 10 best shoegaze albums ever |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/ten-best-shoegaze-albums-ever-1936528 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title=10 Essential Shoegaze Albums That Aren't 'Loveless'|author-first1=Andrew|author-last1=McDonald|url=https://www.popmatters.com/10-best-shoegaze-albums-2495726806.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-songs-of-the-1990s/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Pitchfork.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Pitchfork.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Upon Slowdive's re-formation in 2014, the band began playing to larger crowds than they did during their initial run, and members realized that they were more famous and recognisable than ever before.<ref name=":4" /> Music writers noted Slowdive's modern popularity as part of shoegaze's revival in popularity with younger [[Millennials]] and [[Generation Z]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toner |first=Paul |date=2021-04-27 |title=Gen Z Are Resurrecting Shoegaze for Their 'Bleak, Post-COVID World' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/gen-z-shoegaze-comeback/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref>