- Friendly Fandoms/Fandom Rivalry: Slowdive fans and/vs. My Bloody Valentine fans will either argue back and forth over who truly represents shoegaze or will praise both fans for containing the elements of what shoegaze should be.
- Gateway Series: Like with their fellow shoegaze associates, Slowdive can be seen as this for those who want to give Shoegaze a chance.
- Sweet Dreams Fuel: "Crazy for You", from Pygmalion, is basically like being wrapped in cotton wool and cuddled. The demo version
included on some reissues of Pygmalion takes it up to eleven. It's like nectar for your ears. - Signature Song: "When the Sun Hits", "Dagger", and "Here She Comes".
- Tear Jerker: The entirety of Souvlaki can seem this way, especially with songs such as "Dagger". The Reality Subtext about the album's themes of a break-up stemming from Neil Halstead and Rachael Goswell eerily hangs over the record.
- The self titled has this moments as well, most notably with "Slomo", being a rather somber dirge of a relationship.
- Vindicated by History: They got much criticism among British critics because they had the gall to continue existing after everyone decided shoegazing was yesterday's news (Melody Maker trashed Just for a Day as "a major fucking letdown"; the reviewer assigned Souvlaki wrote "I would rather drown choking in a bath full of porridge than ever listen to it again"), but their albums are acclaimed nowadays. It's been noted that 2017's Slowdive was their first full-length album to be universally critically acclaimed upon its release.
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