My Bloody Valentine: mbv Label: self released Released: February 2, 2013 7/10 There's a reason why I named this blog what I did. I'm obsessed with music. To a fault. I troll the web and the music trades inhaling information like a junky. When's that new album dropping? Is there a single I can hear now? Two-second audio snippet? Yes please! In the months and weeks before release-date, anticipation grows and expectations soar. I'm downright spoiled by the scraps, and the magic of "New Music Tuesday" I knew as a teenager inevitably whittles away . I'm rarely surprised by a new music release anymore. Not so with My Bloody Valentine's mbv , an album released independently by the band, 22 years after their last, online, by surprise, on a Saturday night in February. Who does that ? The magic was back and, serendipitously, I happened to be home that Saturday night to download giddily (for a hefty $16 fee). For those who don&#
My life in music. . . .