# Guitars in September, bass in April: The My Bloody Valentine album that took over three years to record

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/guitars-in-september-bass-in-april-the-my-bloody-valentine-album-that-took-over-three-years-to-record/
- Published: 2026-11-04T08:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T03:42:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/my-bloody-valentine-album-took-over-three-years-to-record/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- *Loveless* took years to record.
- Kevin Shields used 19 studios and over a dozen engineers.
- The album became a landmark of shoegaze.

## Summary

My Bloody Valentine’s second album, *Loveless*, took years to record as frontman Kevin Shields pursued a particular sound through repeated studio and engineering changes. The drawn-out process slowed the band’s momentum and strained its relationship with Creation Records, but the finished album became a defining work of shoegaze.

The article says the band recorded parts of “When You Sleep” across 1989 and 1991: drums in September 1989, guitar in December, bass in April 1990, and melody and vocals in 1991, with long pauses between sessions. Shields reportedly used 19 studios and more than a dozen engineers. Creation said the recording cost nearly £250,000 contributed to its later bankruptcy; Shields disputed that account, describing the work as focused and blaming a poor support network.

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