Slowdive - When the Sun Hits (Audio) 

Music truly is the greatest achievement of mankind

This song is so nostalgic. I can’t really explain why. It sounds like a foggy, dark and rainy day. I love it so so much

"It matters where you are." that line changed my whole view on life. The past doesn't define you, don't let it haunt you, it matters what you're doing now. If you've changed for the better, then that's all that matters. It matters where you are.

this sound feels like the soundtrack to a horrible time in your life, but a time that you look back on and miss because it's gone

Everyone who loves this song: I love YOU

"it matters where you are" that means so much to me

I was born 2000, grew up listening to this stuff when I was in the car with my dad. Crazy to think he’s an old man now and I’m 22. Made me realize we’re closer to 2040 than 2000. Time flies, good music is timeless. Anyone who sees this comment, enjoy every moment because you’ll be on the next chapter of life before you realize the previous two are over.

It makes me so happy that this sound is back. Slowdive, The Cure, Cocteau twins... teens today have good taste

People who listen this kind of music, I need them in my life.

This level of sadness is just amazing.

this songs feels like someone you can’t no longer love but can only let go.

Sweet thing, I watch you Burn so fast, it scares me Mind games, don't leave me Come so far, don't lose me It matters where you are As the sun hits, she'll be waiting With her cool things and her heaven Hey, hey lover, you're still burning You're his song, yeah (hey, hey) Sweet thing, I watch you Burn so fast, it scares me Mind game, don't lose me Come so far, don't lose me It matters where you are As the sun hits, she'll be waiting With her cool things and her heaven Hey, hey lover, you're still burning You're his song, yeah (hey, hey) Sweet thing I watch you (burn away) Sweet thing I watch you (burn away) Sweet thing I watch you (burn away)

For some reason this song captures the feelings of having a crush on someone you know you’ll never end up with. Someone just so inaccessible and different than you that you don’t even bother, yet you can’t get them off your mind. The poignancy of this feeling hurts.

When this song hits.

This song is so dreamy I can’t stop listening to it

This song makes me want to hug it, crush it in my arms, completely own it and make it my life’s soundtrack.

This song reminds me of someone who i loved. We were on a bus, she was heading home and i don't knew where i was going. But i don't wanted to be home. Suddenly she passes me one earplug, and said something like "do you know slowdive?". I was into grunge and punk at the moment. I said no. Then this starts playing on my left ear. I don't really wanted the bus to stop anytime soon, i wanted (and still want) to live in that moment forever. She got over me and moved to another city to study. I'm still here getting high to this song. And i'm pretty sure that particular bus still drives on the streets. With different lovers in it. Heading home or nowhere.

this song reminds me of all the people who i’ve grown so far apart from but once were super close- it’s crazy how one moment in time someone knows everything about you and you know everything about them then you just become complete strangers who never talk anymore. It’s not due to conflicts but just life happening and slowly you drift apart which causes it to not necessarily be sad but relived that you got to have that experience in the first place

My grandma passed away on thanksgiving, worst holiday of my life. She practically raised me when my mother couldn’t, and being the oldest I had to help raise my siblings. Guess who helped me when it got hard? She did. It was as if a part of me was ripped away from my hands and I could never get it back. I love her with my whole being. I listened to this song shortly after her funeral, and it’s as if she wanted me to hear it. It makes me feel like I’m still reaching for her warm embrace when I’d cry for her. I miss her so much. This song helped me calm down after breaking down about her passing. Thank you.

I hate how good this song is because of how incredibly depressed it makes me feel

My mom never likes what I listen to. It’s either too sad, creepy or loud for her. Then I showed her this song. She loved it.

I don’t know man, Shoegaze just hits a little different.

listening to this while reading all the memories that are written in these comments. it feels reassuring to know that everyone lives and living life as complex as mine. i dont have no memory to share about this song but reading ur stories made me come up with the feeling that ur all a friend that i once had, and now lost.

Hearing them play this live was a privilege i’ll never forget..

_It matters where you are._

Yesterday, this song was in my car...My 15 years old daughter gets the beginning of the song, she says "Nice guitars. Who is that?". I just smiled. Almost a 30 years old song and next generation is about to love Slowdive.

This song always make me cry hard idk why it just hits me so much i feel like something squeez my heart in the point i can’t breathe

this is probably the best song of all time

This song is a drug. Every replay makes me feel compounding ecstasy with each chorus, succeeded by compounding hollowness as each rush fades away.

listen to this song while laying down with your eyes closed. imagine your memories with your friends so far. let them pass thru your brain like a movie while this song plays. most indescribable feeling i’ve ever experienced

It’s the craziest thing- when the music swells in that way like at 1:04 - instant tears in my eyes. Just unbelievable, and still the case, what almost 30 years later?

This song triggers feelings of wanting those memories to be remembered, and that in reality I don't want to lose them.

Shoegaze is a little bit more than music. It kinda touches you inside. Not that other genres can't do the same, but shoegaze is special.

It's like a distant memory of a friend group that had their fun in their youth, long conversations and laughs in the sunset. And life went and did its usual thing, people grew apart and all you have left are a few faded photos and a dirty window.

Glad i found this song, especially in this phase of my life. I know it will still be special to me 20 years from now.

اويلي الموسيقى ،الهدوء في الغناء ، الصخب الهادئ ,ضربات الطبل كل شيء ساحر

This song changed my life , you literally get transported to another dimension, you get baked without drugs and you start seeing with your third eye lmfao but whenever I try to show someone else " ah it's okay " " it's kinda boring " nobody thinks what I think :(

I remember listening to this song 5 years ago, Now I'm in another city, far from where I grew up, trying to call my new place "home". Every time I listen to this song, images of the house I grew up in pop into my mind, and I can do nothing but cry. This song holds memories I will never forget. ❤ Thank you SlowDive for this masterpiece

Someone I was really close with introduced me to this song when I began my recovery journey, and now everytime I hear this, I think of two things. Him, and how I need to stay strong. We ended on bad terms, but I am grateful everyday that he was in my life during such a difficult time. Him and music like this were some of the only things that kept me strong for months.

Put your headphones, lay on your bed, feel the music ❤

"who is this?" "Slowdive" "They're good" "I Know" That exact conversation has happened to me several times..

This song feels like seeing the person you liked for years with someone else

I feel so lost and numb but this songs says it all

This song can just make me cry...

To everyone else listening to this song: I'm very glad we get to share this moment, we get to be alive and that's beautiful. And don't forget I, and many more, like you just the way you are, my friend

No matter how many times I listen to this song, I'll never get tired of it. I love this song sm💙💙

the guitar is so mesmerizing

Amazing to think, but critics hated this album when it came out. Now it’s probably considered to be one of the best rock albums ever made.

this song reminds me of the feeling i got at 8 years old half-waking up in the middle of the night to hear just like heaven by the cure playing softly from the living room... never felt that type of dreamy in my life since, even on shrooms... a beautiful feeling. thanks for taking me back

idk how to describe it but when he says "It matters where you are" I feel so relaxed like im melting then evaporating into air

Good memories, great conversations, emotional comfort replaying all over, but also regret, resentment, frustration, feeling of betrayal, pain, ignorance. All gathered together, all blended in my heart and mind…

This is definitely a song that will transcend time (it already kind of did).

When I hear this song i feel like I'm watching sunset reminiscing memories with friends in the beach, overwhelmed by melancholy, love and gratefulness. Even though it's gone, it becomes part of you.

Man this song is beautiful

I wish I had someone I like as much as I love this song ;((

I met a girl who really liked this band. I didn't know enough of Slowdive or even it's musical genre. Sadly, we broke up and never got the chance to share a day just listening this band in a dark room while watching the blue sky on lazy days. I still wonder how she is because we're still friends and strangers as well.

this song is getting over someone you loved and being happy about it because they didn't feel the same way about you, but also being fearful about it because your feelings for them were the only thing that filled your emptiness.

I just played this song for my 70 year old folks. I told them my 19yo and I are seeing Slowdive when they come to Sydney next month and that they might like this song. Played it all the way through - no reaction. I just don't get how someone could not have an emotional response to a song this gorgeous.

To me this song makes me think it’s about loving someone so much and can’t stop thinking about them but somewhere in your mind you know you won’t ever end up being with them , it’s like it’s the only person who can fill your emptiness , please correct me anyone if I’m wrong.

Listening to this while reading the comments is such an experience; everyone is just having epiphanies at the same time you are

Without doubt one of the best songs ever.

i can feel the guitar of this song ripping through my heart like a knife against a thin clothing

We were returning to Türkiye by bus from Europe. We had fallen asleep; I opened my eyes and the horizon was breaking. Just as the sun was rising, she was sleeping on my chest with her perfect heaven. This song started playing in my mind. It was the sweetest sleep I ever had. I will never forget this moment.

Brian Eno: "these guys are genius" I discovered this band about three hours ago and this song is already one of my favourite ever..! Astonishing Beauty !

Happy 25th anniversary, Souvlaki! A failure when it was released in 1993,yet thanks to the internet and its influences on important bands(Spiritualized,Beach House...), it has gained respect over time. So much that it has earned its place in the holy trinity of shoegaze (Loveless,Souvlaki and Nowhere). Untouchable albums and completely essential for those who want to enter into the shoegaze genre. Its success nowadays is well deserved, receiving your prize after disappearing for two decades. Not an album for its time but a hidden message between the grunge and britpop scenes for the new generations to come,enjoy and listen to it religiously. Congratulations!

this song gets more and more beautiful with every listen

I've listened to this song everyday for years

No se como explicar lo que me hace sentir esta canción, es nostalgia, es tristeza, es alegría, todo junto. Desde que descubrí Souvlaki, no hubo otro disco que me haya llegado tan profundamente. Gracias Slowdive, gracias 90s!

So glad these comments are still here. It hurt seeing a lot of comments on other Slowdive songs disappear. Probably like most people, this was my gateway song. Now I have a 7 hour playlist full of every song of theirs I could find. I see a lot of people here who associate this song with someone they once loved. For me, though, this song makes me think about myself. Sometimes I feel like my candle is burning at both ends, and I’m just letting it happen. Slowdive comforts me.

Just got tickets to see them, so excited

I am 24 and just yesterday I discovered this song 🥺 ethereal

This song has been my solace for so many years, one of the most beautiful songs ever made.

I listen to this song whenever sadness gets me. It makes me feel sad but in a good way I think? I feel a kind of comfort, the kind of comfort that I crave from a real person (doesn't matter who the person is) and it also makes me feel good about feeling lonely. It's okay to be lonely. So what if there's no one by my side? I'm here for myself.

this song is a gift from god

the best song of all time

I usually listen to this song on the beach, inmersed in the sky, the soft breeze and the sea, feeling the sun kissing my skin.

Slowdive forever in my heart. ❤️

Quite possibly the best songs of all time. This song just hits.

IT MATTERS WHERE YOU AREEEEE 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️😭😭😭💯💯💯💯💯

This song makes me feel in a way so specific. Used to travel states late night to see a girl I dated, old friend of mine, and I always listened to this album while in the bus. Kinda sleeping, kinda awake, in a twilight of dream and reality, always playing these songs. The old air-conditioning wind in my face, the smell of gas and the muffled sound of the engine running, the dark road and the sky full of stars; the broken heart, the taste of resentment in my mouth and a solid certainty that I would get her back -- and slowdive. Just listening to it makes my stomach ache.

The more I listen to this song the more I get addicted to it. Especially that guitar riff, absolute beauty.

Few songs can make me cry, but this is one of those few songs.

Gave birth to my son last December to this song ♡

4 September 2020, This Universe, The Milky Way, The Solar System, Planet Earth, Europe, Italy, Sicily, Palermo. Here the hypnotic ethereality of Shoegaze has hit the mightiness of Heavy Metal.

this feels like walking on a winter morning when it’s still snowing but there’s also sun

You don't find slowdive, they find you

When you remember old happy memories while listening to this , that's painful

for me, this song is about death and rebirth. its enigmatic in that sense that it has made me feel like no other song in the world, killing me from the inside then reviving me in four perfect minutes. long story short, i met slowdive when i was 17 and too young to do anything, it was one of the best days of my teen years. my grandfather had also developed cancer that same summer and i felt it deep in my stomach that i would never see him walk, let alone live again. the feeling still lives with me in the present, knowing that there isn't anything i can do to save anyone we lost. at 18 i finally saw slowdive live and was front row and centre. when this song came on, the feeling in my stomach came back briefly and but i remember rachel looking in my eyes and smiling and the agonizing discomfort subsided for a moment. to this day, hearing when the sun hits live is a highlight of every concert I'd seen. i came home that night quite late and found upon arrival that grandpa had just passed as i was gone. i think it is beautiful that i have this song to remember him by, even if he has never heard it in his life i like to think one day we will reunite and i will get to share with everyone all the beautiful earthly things that made our stay here worthwhile. thanks for reading this far, thank you for existing. this song and this band have so many valuable memories attached for us all, which is why were here

The song hits me as a intense throwback. Slow Dive helped me get through gloomy teenage years. Those days i was cruely refused by my first crush, struggling with chaotic self-image and indescribable mixed emotions. Souvlaki was always my go-to album when things were way out of my control. I truly appreciate their work.

Obrigado por existir, Slowdive.

I can’t wait for the sequel “when the moon slaps”

if u can read this, i love u

Can’t believe I just discovered this beautiful song from a Tom & Jerry meme when Tom goes to heaven lmao

This is literally the best song ever i feel sad about people who didn’t heard this mastepiece at least once in life

This song makes me wanna go back in time and change it all hoping for a better outcome

I will never forget this song

This is the one, for me. Slowdive’s sound makes the most sense here. It’s quite impeccable.

This song got attached to a memory that i hate but still the song is too good to leave it for just one bad memory

Escuchar esta canción con los audífonos, mientras viejos recuerdos invaden mi mente. Muchas gracias Slowdive. ❤

this song is my early-pandemic soundtrack, when im alone in my dark room... stuck inside , want to do something but cant get out. Feeling depressed too. Damn almost a year ago