마이 블러디 발렌타인의 케빈 쉴즈가 직접 리마스터링한 마이블러디 발렌타인의 모든 카탈록 재발매 혁신적인 소리의 탐구로 씬 전체를 뒤집어엎어낸 내추럴 본 슈게이저 마이 블러디 발렌타인(My Bloody Valentine)의 크리에이션 시대의 개막을 장식하는 슈게이저 무브먼트의 새로운 원점 Isn’t Anything (Re-mastered)
“디지털 다운로드 음원은 다른 그 어떤 포맷에 비해 한참 열등하다고 생각된다.“ – MBV이 와이어드(Wired) 매거진에 보낸 이메일 성명
이런 직설적인 코멘트는 몇몇 EP들을 독립적으로 디지털 다운로드를 통해 배포하겠다는 루머에 대한 밴드 측의 성명이었다. 아무래도 사운드 자체에 있어 거의 병적인 차원의 접근을 하는 사람이었기 때문에 MBV의 곡들은 가능하면 디지털 음원 보다는 CD-혹은 바이닐 레코드-로 감상해야 그 결벽증에 조금 더 가까이 다가갈 수 있지 않을까 싶다. 때문에 이 리마스터는 꽤나 각별하다. 일단 정규앨범과 함께 그들의 주요작이 이렇게 대대적으로 동시에 리마스터됐던 사례는 처음 있는 일이고, 그 동안 몇몇 얘기만 있었을 뿐 실현된 적이 없었던 긴 침묵 사이에 공개된 프로젝트였기 때문이다. 이번 마이 블러디 발렌타인은 대대적인 재발매는 타의 추종을 불허하는 높은 퀄리티로 완결됐다. 정규작 [Isn`t Anything]과 [Loveless]의 리마스터, 그리고 크리에이션에 재직했던 1988년부터 1991년에 걸쳐 발표한 EP 4장과 미발표곡을 모은 [EP`s 1988-1991]의 총 세 타이틀이 발매된다. 참고로 리마스터링 작업은 영국의 메트로폴리스(Metropolis) 스튜디오에서 케빈 실즈의 지휘 하에 진행됐다. [EP`s 1988-1991]에는 프랑스 잡지에 수록됐던 프로모 음원이라던가 [Isn`t Anything] 앨범의 LP 초도 5000장에 포함되어있는 7인치 음원, 원곡보다 7분 여가 더 긴 풀 랭쓰 버전, 그리고 공개된 적 없는 미발표 곡들 또한 포함해내고 있다. 이 포맷은 사실 2004년도에 릴리즈될 예정이었지만 무한연기 끝에 결국 8년이 지난 현재 우리 손에 도달하게 된 것이다. .... ....
Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) Soft as snow but warm inside Penetrate you cannot hide Feeling lost forever Really need you Feeling dark and feeling true This is all I ever knew Soft as skin in leather And I whisper 'you' Harder you come down on me Sink away you look happily Secrets keep forever They're undressing me Come inside it's warm in here Better now to have no fear Carried on a wave (Where it can lead) you Touch your head, then your hair Softer, softer everywhere Fingertips are burning Can I touch you there Soft as velvet eyes can see Bring me close to ecstacy High away to heaven And I'm coming too Float now coming down on me Handed you what I cannot see Feel the big happy, you're exploding me
Soft as snow and warm inside Penetrate then redivide Slip away forever (Do we) need you
Cupid Come Cupid come from coffee cup Sickly heavy heart Semi-set adrift in your Lifted sugar eye Come back down I'm waiting here And lick me with your fire Connected silver tounges Our lips beside Everytime I look at you Pins me to the ground Mirror me your memories please And let me help you down Swallow me into your bed With glimpses of your thighs Forget your vanity Come cupid come
No More Sorry What happened then And again And then again And again Loved me black and blue No more sorry
Flesh and bone Not alone You're not alone Waiting by the telephone Whatever you do Don't call daddy In my head And everywhere And everywhere And everywhere Fingerprints of you Filthy daddy
Wash and mend And wash and mend Some kind of friend You septic heart and deadly hand Loved me black and blue No more sorry
All I Need You don't ask what I needed to do When I come back you'll need to choose Oh, whatever I ask you take take take take Oh, this is all I need to say
It's in your eye, I wondered why No need to say (how close) can we lie Oh, we don't talk, you know all I need Oh, this is what I need to take
You don't ask what I needed to do When I come back you'll need to choose Oh, all I ask you do do do do Oo, this is all I need from you
Sueisfine I will don't leave Me here alone, oh Sueisfine/Suicide Hold hold hold me Talk a lot don't brood again Sueisfine/Suicide Give me (fuck cunt) Now you'll taste so good Sueisfine/Suicide
Several Girls Galore Heard (that I met me) once before Was it me or just don't (you care) Once more ignore As I wrap me around we I'm never quite there at all
So which me should I put on To go out driving in my car Feeling so sore I took me out dancing Three of me or more Insane I'm sure That living inside me Are several girls galore
Once more ignore I'll wrap me around we I'm never quite there at all
Insane I'm sure We're living inside me Several girls galore
You Never Should Twisting round inside My heart is burning up, my head divide But you control these feelings I can't hide Tried to change my mind (Until) the end there's nothing in control of you It isn't easy but that's all I can do
Oh, you took a long time Yeah, 'cause you probably could Oo, you said the fault was mine Yeah, but you never should
Breaking down again You're running little circles through your hair I could walk away now and you wouldn't care Don't look so surprised You crawl around and then you seem to wonder why I turn around and see madness in your eyes
I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It) Don't know when I will leave you again Grab a reason And I'm dragging you down Come just to make you happy Shot in the head I can see I can see it But I can't feel it