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===1992–1997: Island Records and breakup=== My Bloody Valentine signed with [[Island Records]] in October 1992 for a reported £250,000 contract.<ref name="uc">{{cite magazine|last1=Stubbs|first1=David|author-link=David Stubbs|year=1999|title=Sweetheart Attack: My Bloody Valentine's ''Isn't Anything'' is ''The'' Eighties Rock Album|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=February 1999}}</ref> The band's advance went toward the construction of a home studio in [[Streatham]], [[South London]], which was completed in April 1993. Several technical problems with the studio sent the band into "semi-meltdown," according to Shields,{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=101-102}} who was rumoured to have been suffering from [[writer's block]].<ref name="td" /> The band remained largely inactive, but they recorded and released two cover songs from 1993 to 1996—a rendering of "[[We Have All the Time in the World]]" by [[Louis Armstrong]] for ''[[Peace Together]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/peace-together-mw0000100948|title=Peace Together – Various Artists: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide|All Media Network]]|access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref> and a cover of "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" by [[Wire (band)|Wire]] for the tribute album ''Whore: Tribute to Wire''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whore-tribute-to-wire-mw0000182636|title=Whore: Tribute to Wire – Various Artists: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide|All Media Network]]|access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref> In 1995, Debbie Googe and Colm Ó Cíosóig left My Bloody Valentine. Googe, who briefly worked as a taxi driver following her departure, formed the indie rock supergroup [[Snowpony]] with Katharine Gifford, who also performed with [[Stereolab]] and [[Moonshake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creation-records.com/interviews/my-bloody-valentine|title=Interviews: My Bloody Valentine|publisher=[[Creation Records]]|date=August 2001|access-date=24 August 2007}}</ref> Ó Cíosóig relocated to the United States, forming [[Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions]] with [[Hope Sandoval]] of [[Mazzy Star]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/mybloodyvalentine-loveless|title=My Bloody Valentine: Loveless|work=[[PopMatters]]|publisher=PopMatters Media|last=Rondeau|first=Bernardo|date=29 January 2003|access-date=24 August 2007}}</ref> Shields and Butcher attempted to record a third studio album that Shields claimed would be released in 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Shields|first1=Kevin|author-link=Kevin Shields|title=About Bloody Time Too!|magazine=[[NME]]|date=July 1997}}</ref> However, unable to finalise a third album, Shields isolated himself and, in his own words, "went crazy," drawing comparisons in the music press to the eccentric behavior of [[Brian Wilson]] of [[the Beach Boys]] and [[Syd Barrett]] of [[Pink Floyd]].<ref name="gdn" /> Shields later became a touring member of [[Primal Scream]], collaborated with a number of artists including [[Yo La Tengo]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]] and [[Le Volume Courbe]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kevin-shields-mn0000085275|title=Kevin Shields – Credits|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide|All Media Network]]|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> and recorded songs for the [[Lost in Translation (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the 2003 film ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2003/09/15/1431220/from-my-bloody-valentine-to-lost-in-translation|title=From My Bloody Valentine to Lost in Translation|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=15 September 2003|access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref> Rumours have spread among fans that albums worth of material had been recorded and shelved prior to the band's breakup. In 1999, it was reported that Shields had delivered 60 hours of material to Island Records,<ref name="uc" /> and Butcher confirmed that there existed "probably enough songs to fill two albums."<ref name="td" /> Shields later admitted that at least one full album of "half-finished" material was abandoned, stating "it was dead. It hadn't got that spirit, that life in it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kuci.uci.edu/~kuci/text/interviews/mbv.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100912030457/http://www.kuci.uci.edu/~kuci/text/interviews/mbv.html|title=My Bloody Valentine interview|work=[[KUCI]]|publisher=[[University of California]]|archive-date=12 September 2010|access-date=23 August 2007}}</ref>
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