The band’s key member is guitarist/singer/composer Kevin Shields, a reclusive perfectionist and radically inventive guitarist/engineer. The band’s other original member is drummer/studio maven Colm Ó Cíosóig; during their heyday MBV also included singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher and bassist Debbie Googe. Their band shares its name with a low-budget Canadian slasher film.
MBV influences include The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Cocteau Twins, late-1970s Wire, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and independent artists such as The Pastels. Kevin Shields has also named The Beach Boys and The Ramones as a personal influence.
After leaving Creation Records in 1992 and signing with Island Records, the band fell into a creative black hole. Rumors spread among their fans of albums being recorded and then shelved. Debbie Googe left the band to form Snowpony; she had not played bass on their recordings since You Made Me Realise. Colm Ó Cíosóig eventually left and formed a band with Hope Sandoval, formerly of Mazzy Star, called Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. Kevin Shields sporadically collaborated with other artists, most notably Experimental Audio Research, Curve, and Primal Scream. He revealed in a fall 2003 National Public Radio interview that Island Records quit financing his My Bloody Valentine endeavors after he spent half a million pounds of their money.
As of 2006, many rumors mentioned the possible reformation of MBV for a new studio album, but none of these were true. On November 15 2007, My Bloody Valentine announced three upcoming live gigs in the UK for 2008. On June 13 and 14, the band played in public for the first time in thirteen years, offering a pair of "Live Rehearsal" presentations at the ICA in London and officially starting their series of comeback performances. The band went on to play a slew of festivals in Summer and Fall of 2008. Following their appearance at the 2008 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, the New York Times reported that Shields was planning to complete the unfinished album.
On 2 February 2013 they self-released the self-titled album m b v as a download with both vinyl and CD copies shipping on 22nd Feb 2013. The Huffington Post reported that it caused such a public stir that the official MBV website crashed when fans attempted to access the site to purchase a copy.
only tomorrow
My Bloody Valentine Lyrics
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Into the heart it's getting hard
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
Watching that blue, it's beyond
Watching the mug that I was you too
Holding the crown, it is lonely heart
Into the night we all come back to
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
Watching that blue, it's beyond
The lyrics of My Bloody Valentine's song "Only Tomorrow" create a surreal and dreamlike atmosphere, using evocative language that invokes both loneliness and longing. The repeated phrase "Into the night we all come back to" implies a sense of collective unconsciousness or shared experience, while the line "Into the heart it's getting hard" suggests a feeling of emotional numbness or disconnection.
The chorus, "Only tomorrow the love comes easy," seems to offer a glimmer of hope, but even this is tempered by the next line, "Watching that blue, it's beyond," which hints at a sense of unattainability or distance. The final lines, "Watching the mug that I was you too/Holding the crown, it is lonely heart," further underscore the theme of isolation and the search for connection.
Overall, the lyrics of "Only Tomorrow" create a haunting and ethereal mood, using evocative language and symbols to explore themes of love, connection, and disconnection.
Line by Line Meaning
Into the night we all come back to
As we return to the darkness of the night, we also return to the depths of our own inner selves.
Into the heart it's getting hard
As we delve deeper into our hearts, we begin to face the difficult emotions that lie within.
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
However, we can take comfort in knowing that those difficult emotions will eventually subside and we will once again feel love and happiness - but it may take some time.
Watching that blue, it's beyond
As we observe the blue hues of the world around us, we become aware of something bigger than ourselves, something beyond our understanding.
Watching the mug that I was you too
As we look at the reflection of ourselves in the mirror, we realize that we are not so different from each other.
Holding the crown, it is lonely heart
Even when we achieve great success and wear a figurative 'crown', it does not protect us from feelings of loneliness and isolation.
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Into the night we all come back to
Into the heart it's getting hard
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
Watching that blue, it's beyond
Watching the mug that I was you too
Holding the crown, it is lonely heart
Into the night we all come back to
Into the heart it's getting hard
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
Watching that blue, it's beyond
@Pride317
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Into the night we won't come back to
Into your heart it's the only you
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
What should I do? It's the only you
What's in your mind? A love falls into
Holding you close, it is only one
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 2]
Into the night you won't come back to
Into your heart it's the only you
Only tomorrow the love comes easy
What should I do? It is only one
[Instrumental Outro]
@Lawrenke
It's all about 1:29 - I can't say I've ever heard a guitar tone that's about to break apart from the sheer distortion. Sublime!
@danlogan5657
i feel sorry for the whammy bars on kevin shields guitars.they are so abused lol
@swinephrog6428
Here’s your “comment is so old that the time stamp is expired” badge :)
@frozone8126
My favorite part of the song
@pstrokeslibsarctic
true
@zeloppy
yes.
@oystersource
MBV had no right to come out with something this exceptional after such a long gap since Loveless. This is as good as anything they've done and that's saying something.
@MegaThefuture
The truth is I like this even better than Loveless!
@aalfaass
@MegaThefuture Yep I think the same since this came out.
@rqneo5361
Kevin's ridiculous perfectionism payed off