#sugarforthepill

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[purpobandit]

2017 #slowdive #starroving #sugarforthepill #instamusic #musicgram #dreampop #shoegaze #music #rock #deadoceans #deadoceanrecords #courtyardstudios #thewhitehouse #thefarm2 #reading #berkshire #spotify #purpobanditandthemeanolmoon #pamom #tokyo #japan (at Tokyo, Japan)

[playitbackward]

On repeat,

For ever and ever.

[screamingforyears]

BEST OF 2017: SONG OF THE YEAR

SLOWDIVE

“SUGAR FOR THE PILL”

DEAD OCEANS

Hands down, my favorite track of 2017......

I could literally (and probably should) just leave it at that. Those simple words are all that you need to know/read when it comes to SLOWDIVE’s first material in 22 years (take note At the Drive In).

The English shoegaze legends are still capable of shocking you and that’s where the beautiful “SUGAR FOR THE PILL” comes in. It’s a gentle and downright heartbreaking affair lead by singer Neil Halstead, but the greatest surprise is when that insanely smooth chorus kicks in (I dare you to deny it).

Downright poppy, but in the dourest of ways, “Sugar for the Pill”exudes a quiet confidence and how could it not, all it takes is one listen to those cold & brittle guitars, coupled with Rachel Goswell’s ghostly backup vocals.

But please, don’t listen to me, press play and let Slowdive do all the talking, it’s legit……

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There's a buzzard of gulls They're drumming in the wind Only lovers alive Running in the dark _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ #torino #italy #quarantine #blackandwhite #park #closed #forbiddenplaces #trees #melancholy #slowdive #sugarforthepill #wandering https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nK0Vso6kD/?igshid=1qa4fw73jhm9o

[dogbite142]

So I decided to go with a vivid black & white and it give it a wabisabi design. I titled this one “Sugar for the pill” from the classic Slowdive song. Because even the bold we admire is flawed as hell! 💛 The Shades Crew 🕶 screen print with urban sources! PAZ✌🏼 @speedball_art @slowdiveofficial #screenprinting #urban #screenprint #artoftheday #anotherstateofmind #indigenous #civildisobedience #instaart #instaartist #ooak #urbanjungle #localbusiness #screenprintlife #newmexicoartist #newmexico #blackandwhite #shoegazing #wabisabi #flawed #sugarforthepill #photooftheday #nofilter #streetstyle #shadescrew #slowdive #industrialdesign #badass #artlovers (at New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Hu39_ljU_/?igshid=b8ut4zqtdiio

[iwanderiwonder]

#sugarforthepill #slowdive #roundhouse #london (at Roundhouse)

[zantoxx3111]

Sugar for the pill

[static-static]

Single File:

Slowdive

“Sugar for the Pill”

Dead Oceans

It’s legit.....

I could literally (and probably should) just leave it at that. Those two simple words are all that you need to know/read when it comes to Slowdive’s first material in 22 years (take note At the Drive In).

The shoegaze legends are still capable of shocking you and that’s where the beautiful “Sugar for the Pill” comes in. It’s a gentle and downright heartbreaking affair lead by singer Neil Halstead, but the greatest surprise is when that insanely smooth chorus kicks in (I dare you to deny it).

Downright poppy, but in the dourest of ways, “Sugar for the Pill” exudes a quiet confidence and how could it not, all it takes is one listen to those cold & brittle guitars, coupled with Rachel Goswell’s ghostly backup vocals.

But please, don’t listen to me, press play and let Slowdive do all the talking, it’s legit...... 

Slowdive’s excellent new self-titled LP is out now via Dead Oceans 

[oneshotolive]

Killington, Vermont [OC] [3024x4032]

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[hugogaray]

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Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill (2017) #slowdive #sugarforthepill #rachelgoswell #neilhalstead #shoegaze #dreampop #deadoceans

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.@BKSteelNYC @SlowdiveBand #Slowdive play #SugarForThePill from great new album #GoodMusic #NYC #DreamPop #Shoegaze #Brooklyn (at Brooklyn Steel)

[shrimpmandan]

@sugar4thepill​​ Yes, it is circumstantial. I readily admit to that. I said it was purely anecdotal in the original post. I should also clarify this isn’t “my perspective” and this is shit I factually know from my mom’s direct retelling. My point isn’t to discuss the intricacies of my parents’ case anyhow – it’s to point out that saying that this one singular case has made a significant impact on how abuse situations are handled is fucking bullshit. The law is systemically, from the ground up, biased against men in domestic violence and abuse cases. Depp winning this one defamation case has not changed that at all. I’m not trying to correlate my parents’ case to the Amber vs Depp case and never was.

You can choose to not believe me but at least have the fucking decency to keep it to yourself, thank you.

u seem like a reasonable person so i just want to put this out there re: the depp-heard trial

this trial being televised was requested by depp's legal team precisely to garner the reaction that it did. depp's team bought bots to drive the online conversation to be very biased (hence popular monikers such as amber t*rd abt an incident that has been thoroughly debunked). multiple legal experts (who are not grifters ie profiting from the agreeableness of their views) have commented on how irregular depp's legal team's strategy was — not only did they fail to really prove any financial damages, given depp lost major roles of his own volition, but they resorted to character assassination because this was more about PR for depp than winning the case. this became exceedingly clear to me when i watched one of amber's full cross examinations — the lawyer on the other end was exceedingly rude, cut her off at multiple points (when she asked a question!), and generally seemed like she was trying to get as many tiktok soundbites in as possible (which worked, i guess. lol). unlike heard's lawyers, depp's team also perpetuated harmful DV myths such as "why didn't she leave," "why didn't she document all her injuries," "why didn't she have darker bruising," "why did she buy her abuser gifts," "why didn't she tell anyone," and so on. (never mind that she did all the things we tell abuse victims to do!) heard is also the first person to ever provide televised sa testimony — which, btw, was immediately used as a tiktok sound by depp fangirls commenting on how they found it hot and would love to be on the receiving end of it.

i also want to address the anon who talked about msm journalists pushing an agenda or whatever, which.. lol. i think anytime u start distrusting credible news outlets and raving about how the mAinStReAm mEDiA is out to get u, ur veering into to qanon/trumper territory. the only outlets to lend depp support are right-wing, such as ben shapiro's daily wire — and that's not a coincidence. op i totally understand the inclination to avoid pro-AH perspectives given the terfs who have flocked to her, but a significantly larger proportion of depp supporters are MRAs/incels, so ur not going to avoid bad ppl no matter who u support.

some anecdata — literally all DV experts i've come across (such as lundy bancroft who wrote one of the most acclaimed DV books ever, the person who coined the term DARVO (and said it was the legal strategy depp employed against heard), julie owens who wrote a 27-page paper explaining why heard was the abused party, and the literal national coalition against domestic violence) have supported heard in this trial. msm journalists have largely avoided the subject of who is guilty, but have commented on the damaging consequences of the online conversation and how it's not as onesided as social media coverage would have u believe. and anyone who HAS commented explicitly has supported AH.

it's also worth reading the article she was sued over, in case u haven't already, because it's so laughably not about depp that it makes it even clearer to me that this was a circus and not a trial. but anyway

given the way u talk abt this case i don't think you've really dug into it, which i respect tbh, but i also think it's important to acknowledge the sweeping ramifications this will have for abuse victims everywhere. hundreds withdrew their abuse filings in the hours after the verdict was announced, and depp has just demonstrated a very effective playbook to the world by which someone can sue their victim and win. depp's bestie marilyn manson (accused by over 10 women) has done the same to evan rachel wood, and their trial will begin in few months' time i believe.

some starting articles i would rly recommend are "the bleak spectacle of the depp-heard trial" by michael hobbes and "who's afraid of amber heard" by rayne fisher-quann. they're short but informative reads.

obviously i would have loved to never care abt this —i was actually a huge potc fan and casually thought "good for johnny" when all this first began. but it's been inescapable and has been the largest online explosion of misogyny i've ever witnessed. i hope you reconsider ur stance and i'd be happy to provide some more resources for u if you'd like to start digging. thanks

I'ma be honest this is hard as fuck to read just because it's a giant text wall but I'm going to do my best to respond to each point individually.

First and foremost, I don't disagree that there was heavy media bias towards Depp. There were plenty of outlets in support of Heard as well, but generally speaking a lot of people were (and still are) on Depp's side. You have to remember that this is a defamation case, not a domestic violence case, which is why there was so much emphasis on PR. Depp (from what any of us understand) was falsely accused of abuse and took Heard to trial for defaming him, NOT for abusing him, even though that did become a big part of the case later on. I also don't see how the legal team of either of these people is a reflection of THEIR views, but I'll get back to that in a bit.

I should also state that there were people in the public sphere, both in defense of Depp and Heard, perpetuating myths about domestic violence, sexism, and blatant victim blaming. The mutual abuse argument is one I've seen used a lot in defense of Heard which is quite literally an abuse tactic, especially in response to reactive "abuse."

Also, mainstream media is a disease, I'm sorry. Both the pro-Depp and the pro-Heard ones, it doesn't matter, I hate any and all msm with a burning passion and comparing a distrust of it to a fucking far-right internet conspiracy cult is incredibly tone-deaf. The majority of news is just what the government WANTS us to hear and not what is actually going on, but I digress.

Lumping MRAs in with incels is equally tone-deaf and while I don't consider myself to be an MRA outright, I do follow a decent number of MRA blogs (some of which run by women!) who have been incredibly helpful to me as both a trans man and a male victim of abuse.

I also know from experience that situations like these are rarely one-sided. Coincidentally enough, while the Heard/Depp conversation is resurging, my stepdad is currently in prison on a domestic violence charge that my mom didn't even press to begin with -- it was pressed on her behalf. "It's important to acknowledge the sweeping ramifications this will have for abuse victims everywhere" my ass, the law is still HEAVILY skewed against men considering our prosecutor has literally been filing charges under my mom's name without her permission in order to persecute a man who she didn't feel victimized by to begin with and, on her own admission, provoked and engaged in combat with on her own volition. I know this is nothing more than anecdotal but you cannot seriously tell me that women are going to die when ONE male celebrity won a defamation case. Again, not a domestic violence case, a defamation case.

You're right that I didn't actively follow the trial. As I've stated before I don't give two shits about Depp or Amber and their personal lives. What I DO give a shit about is blatant fearmongering and misinformation. If this case supposedly is soooo harmful to abuse victims, then why is my stepdad falsely imprisoned on a DV charge that my mom didn't even press to begin with, under the guise of “protecting women”, months after the Depp vs Heard trial? Hm? Riddle me that.

You strike me as a person who believes everything that other people tell you. You believe the mainstream media that all have their own agenda, you believe the experts who are not infallible or immune to bias, and you believe senseless fearmongering even though nothing has really changed.

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[iwanderiwonder]

the new slowdive album is so wonderful <3 #slowdive #sugarforthepill (at Stockholm, Sweden)

[oneshotolive]

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