Initial reviews of 'mbv' are starting to show up. I would hate to have to write a review of this mythical record in less than 24 hours.
I'll keep updating the list as I find them.
- Pitchfork: Review by Mark Richardson 9.1
- SPIN: Review by Michael Robbins 8/10
- theguardian: My Bloody Valentine: m b v – review 4/5
- NME: First Listen Track By Track - My Bloody Valentine, 'mbv'
- Billboard: My Bloody Valentine, 'mbv': Album Review
- theguardian: Early impressions by Caspar Llewellyn Smith
- ...ology: Album review by Brett Warner (A-)
- CraveOnline: Review by Iann Robinson
- Impact: Review by Jeremy Dobson
- Hooting & Howling: review by Chloe Gynne
- Louder Than War: Song by song review by John Robb
- Rocksucker: 4/5
- The Line of Best Fit: Review by Erik Thompson 9/10
"The use of e.e. cummings-like lowercase letters on the titles of the songs and the album itself is perhaps another sly technique for Shields and company to deflect the mammoth expectations placed on this batch of nine songs." - BBC: " It sounds amazing, and represents an astounding return."- Ian Wade
- 7bit Arcade: "it is a complete success – a wonderfully fractured aural tome." - David Gould"
- COLLAPSE BOARD: "I am not someone who worships at the Kevin Shields altar." - Scott Creney"
- Noisey: WHY MY BLOODY VALENTINE’S MBV HAS COME TOO LATE TO STOP THE END OF THE WORLD
"When C17th Irish philosopher Edmund Burke said: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” he was thinking about Kevin Shields."