Reading
Reading appears in 1 Songsheets issue: Shoegaze and Dreampop. 2 artists in the archive came from here, including Slowdive and Chapterhouse. The issues date one event here, in 1989.
Slowdive and Chapterhouse came from Reading, making it a key node in the Thames Valley shoegaze corridor between London and Oxford.
Scenes
Artists from Reading
- Slowdive
Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell had known each other since childhood, performing together in school musicals before forming Slowdive in Reading in October 1989.
- Chapterhouse
Chapterhouse emerged from Reading in 1990 as part of the Thames Valley scene, releasing the genre classic Whirlpool the following year.
What happened here
- 1989Thames Valley scene coalesces
Slowdive forms in Reading, a year after Ride came together at art college in Banbury, and Ivo Watts-Russell signs Lush and Pale Saints to 4AD after seeing them at The Camden Falcon in April.
Shoegaze and Dreampop
