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Yeah, they're not better, they're just more popular. You could argue more "important" but I don't necassarily think pop songs with noisey production and a bunch of guitar layers was something MBV invented. I mean, the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Psychocandy" came out in 1985 -- though I don't think it's that great of a record and I don't really think of them when I think of shoegaze, they did stuff MBV did waaay before MBV. That's not even mentioning bands like Cocteau Twins (who are more dream pop to me but definitely layed down the foundation for MBV's sound... in 1979 or so!) or even Ride's "Nowhere" (which came out a year before Loveless).
Really, the best thing I can say about MBV, besides their harmony vocals on a few songs, is that LOVELESS has a great album cover.
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