My Bloody Valentineâs Kevin Shields: âWe wanted to sound like a band killing their songsâ âWhen music makes me feel good, thereâs a special, magical thing that happensâ ... Kevin Shields in 2004. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian âWhen music makes me feel good, thereâs a special, magical thing that happensâ ... Kevin Shields in 2004. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian The band have released only one album since 1991 classic Loveless, yet their influence remains undimmed. Their frontman discusses destroying buildings with noise, losing his mojo â and preparing new music Thu 27 May 2021 10.30 EDT Last modified on Thu 27 May 2021 13.36 EDT In early 1988, My Bloody Valentine decided that they were, as their de facto leader, Kevin Shields, puts it today, âfinishedâ. You can see how they might have come to that conclusion. They had started life in the early 80s as a Dublin post-punk band, relocated to Berlin at the suggestion of the Virgin Prunesâ Gavin Friday and become a gothy proposition inspired by the Birthday Party and the Cramps, then moved to London and transformed into what Shields calls âa conceptual bandâ, their childlike record sleeves concealing songs about necrophilia and incest.