Editing Shoegaze (section)

===Decline===
The coining of the term "The Scene That Celebrates Itself" was in many ways the beginning of the end for the first wave of shoegazers. The bands became perceived by critics as over-privileged, self-indulgent, and middle-class.<ref name="xlr8r" /> This perception was in sharp contrast with both the bands who formed the wave of newly commercialized [[grunge]] music which was making its way across the Atlantic, as well as those bands who formed the foundation of Britpop, such as [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Suede (band)|Suede]].<ref name="guardian" /> [[Britpop]] also offered intelligible lyrics, often about the trials and tribulations of working-class life; this was a stark contrast to the "vocals as an instrument" approach of shoegaze, which often prized the melodic contribution of vocals over their lyrical depth.

Many shoegaze bands would either disband or change their sound during the mid-1990s. Ride disbanded before the release of their fourth album, ''[[Tarantula (Ride album)|Tarantula]]'', which would shift to a more contemporary alternative rock sound. Slowdive's third album, ''[[Pygmalion (album)|Pygmalion]]'', would shift to a more experimental sound that was stylistically closer to [[post-rock]] than shoegaze. Slowdive would be dropped from Creation Records just a week after ''Pygmalion''{{'}}s release,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2017 |title=Slowdive on Their First Album in 22 Years and Why Shoegaze Came Back |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1484-slowdive-on-their-first-album-in-22-years-and-why-shoegaze-came-back/ |access-date=2 July 2022 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> and ''Tarantula'' would also be deleted from their catalogue a week after its release.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Ride - Weather Diaries album review: The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/ride-weather-diaries |access-date=2 July 2022 |magazine=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]}}</ref>

Lush's final album, ''[[Lovelife (album)|Lovelife]]'', was an abrupt shift from shoegaze to Britpop, which alienated many fans; the 1996 suicide of their drummer [[Chris Acland]] signaled Lush's dissolution. Following a long gap from My Bloody Valentine since ''Loveless'', aside from their 2008 reunion tour, the band released ''[[m b v (album)|m b v]]'' in February 2013. Shields explained their silence by noting, "I never could be bothered to make another record unless I was really excited by it."<ref name="pf.JAN2007.MBV">{{cite web| title=Kevin Shields: MBV Will "100%" Make Another Album| url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/40473/Kevin_Shields_MBV_Will_100_Make_Another_Album#40473| website=Pitchforkmedia.com| access-date=16 January 2007| archive-date=6 March 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306120405/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/40473/Kevin_Shields_MBV_Will_100_Make_Another_Album#40473| url-status=live}}</ref>