Neil Halstead

Bio

Neil Halstead is an English musician and songwriter best known for his work in the bands Slowdive and Mojave 3. After releasing three albums and subsequently breaking up in 1995, Slowdive—including all the original members—reformed for a lengthy reunion tour in 2014. Earlier this year the band released their first new album in over twenty years. “It’s a funny thing, revisiting something that you were last involved in so long ago. You want to do right by it. You don’t want to end up feeling like it was something better left in the past,” says Halstead. “We wanted the recording process to mirror what it had been like to play gigs together again. It had just been really nice to hang out again and reconnect musically and rekindle those friendships. Thankfully, making a record ended up just being an extension of that.”