Souvlaki was released in May 1993 alongside the EP Outside Your Room , a few months after Suede released their popular debut and the Britpop movement began. Critical reaction, as with their previous album, was generally negative. NME writer John Mulvey gave an ambivalent review. Despite noting their dated and “unfulfilling” sound, he did call it an “exemplary product”. Dave Simpson, writing for Melody Maker , declared, “[This] record is a soulless void […] I would rather drown choking in a bath full of porridge than ever listen to it again”. To make matters worse, Slowdive booked a tour with fellow shoegazers Catherine Wheel for a tour of the United States, only to find SBK had pushed the album’s US release date back eight months. The band recorded an EP, titled 5 EP , and started a modest tour through Europe with dream pop band Cranes . Scott was unhappy with the gap between releases and quit the band in 1994.
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