Tremolo (EP)

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Tremolo is an EP by My Bloody Valentine, released in February 1991 by Creation Records. The title is a reference to the band's heavy usage of guitar tremolo and vibrato to create blurred, dreamlike tones. (Kevin Shields' method of strumming chords while simultaneously bending his guitar's tremolo/whammy bar was referred to as "glide guitar".)

The lead track, "To Here Knows When", has a longer and more ethereal coda—essentially constituting a separate song—than the version later included on the album Loveless. "Swallow" and "Honey Power" also each contain an instrumental coda. All three segues/codas feature backwards guitar loops and heavy reverb. In November 1991, Shields commented: "Tremolo had seven tracks on it, but you're not allowed to do that, so we called it four tracks and didn't name three of them. People just thought they were weird bits!"^[1]

The cover art was also used as one of the band's most popular t-shirt designs.

Videos were filmed for the songs "Swallow" and "To Here Knows When" under the direction of Angus Cameron.

• Also issued as a CD (CRESCD085)

My Bloody Valentine

• Bilinda Butcher – guitar, vocals
• Colm Ó Cíosóig – drums
• Debbie Googe – bass guitar
• Kevin Shields – guitar, vocals, sampler

Technical personnel

• Alan Moulder – engineering
• My Bloody Valentine – production
• Designland – design
• Sam Harris – photographer