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My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields has been hesitant to give interviews around the band's 2013 album, mbv-- although he did speak with Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal this summer. Now he's given an interview with The Guardian on something different but intriguing.

Shields has a conspiracy theory surrounding one of England's biggest movements in pop music. "Britpop was massively pushed by the government," Shields told The Guardian.

"Someday it would be interesting to read all the MI5 files on Britpop," he continued, referencing the UK's domestic counter-intelligence agency. "The wool was pulled right over everyone's eyes there."

According to The Guardian, Shields "reacted angrily to a mention of the Cool Britannia phenomenon," the 1990s wave of optimism and patriotism centered on the global successes of Britpop and bands like the Spice Girls. Additional details from The Guardian's interview will be published later today.

Watch My Bloody Valentine play "Soon" earlier this year in London: