Jesus and Mary Chain Mania!

haha

Song is also bad. Drums are really terrible. Lyrics, chords etc all sound like a JAMC-bot created them. If someone said it was Primal Scream I'd have laughed at it. Mind you there's a certain kind of Jesus and Mary Chain badness which the fans seem to want so what do I know?

a bit like a parody of a jamc song that you could imagine in a 90s channel 4 comedy show

just heard a snippet on the radio - same line repeated 4 times.

'just like honey ...."

It was all downhill from that point.

So... Damage and Joy. It's not bad but kinda unnecessary imo, but anyway - they're back.

oh, and "The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce North American Tour"

Next (this) month, the Jesus and Mary Chain will release Damage and Joy, their first album in 18 years. In addition to their upcoming European dates behind the record, the band have now announced a North American spring tour. This May, they will perform in Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, and more. Find their upcoming shows below.

Damage and Joy is out March 24 via ADA/Warner Music. It follows the band’s 1998 LP Munki. The new album was recorded with producer Youth. It features contributions from the band’s touring drummer Brian Young, ex-Lush bassist Phil King, and Youth on bass. They’ve so far put out “Always Sad” and “Amputation” from the album.

The Jesus and Mary Chain
03-23 Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Northumbria University
03-25 Manchester, England - Academy
03-27 Leeds, England - Church
03-28 Leicester, England - O2 Academy
03-29 Bristol, England - O2 Academy
03-31 Birmingham, England - O2 Institute
04-01 Bournemouth, England - O2 Academy
04-02 Oxford, England - O2 Academy
04-03 Cambridge, England - Junction 1
04-05 London, England - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
04-06 Bexhill-on-Sea, England - De La Warr Pavilion
04-07 Dublin, Ireland - Academy
05-09 St. Paul, MN - The Palace
05-10 Chicago, IL - Riviera
05-12 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
05-14 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
05-19 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
05-20 Oakland, CA - The Fox Theater
05-22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
05-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
05-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre

enjoying this (even though JAMC-bot is also OTM)

out tomorrow.

the singles have grown on me.

they also play about 10 minutes away in a couple of weeks' time. i didn't bother with the various reunion tours. do i go?

their first album in 18 years

*vertiginous existential crisis*

xp. i enjoyed the show i saw on their last north american tour, like it was a legitimately solid rock show from a gang of olds and I'm glad i went.

having said that i don't think ill be going this time

It's about 10 years since I saw JAMC reunion now, they are playing in Bexhill which is like 15 mins on the train, am tempted.

I enjoyed listening to it last night but I'm not sure how I feel about it in daylight.

This album is. . . not good.

yeah of all of the recent reunion albums, this is one that just doesn't appeal

Its OK. Which other reunes? Pixies? Blur?

always disappointed that this thread isn't actually called Jesus and Mary Chainia

It's pretty disappointing either way.

I don't think so. This album is pretty good for them. They have always been a pretty average mediocre band and this album just continues in that vein. Absolutely ok to listen to just for nostalgia. There have been so many bad reunion albums, this one isn't.

stfu

they are an amazing band, this album is terrible

I don't think it's terrible, but it is pretty mediocre and definitely inessential. I was tempted to see them live the other week but I'd've had to rearrange work to do it and after listening to the new album decided not to bother.

I saw them a few times in their psychocandy days, I'm not going now, no need.

The Wiltern, Hollywood, CA 5/19/2017:

Amputation
April Skies
Head On
Far Gone and Out
Between Planets
Blues From a Gun
Always Sad
Mood Rider
Teenage Lust
Cherry Came Too
The Hardest Walk
All Things Pass
Some Candy Talking
Halfway to Crazy
Nine Million Rainy Days
Reverence

Encore:
Black and Blues
The Two of Us
Just Like Honey
You Trip Me Up
The Living End
War on Peace

Encore 2:
Taste of Cindy
I Hate Rock 'n' Roll

"Reverence" was probably the best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klcl25voBwc

I was also at this show and they fucking ruled, just look at that playlist. The opening band, Warlocks, were also a pleasant surprise.

pleasantly surprised at the new lp (whereas the slowdive one bought at the same time hasn't grabbed me yet). lots of dumb lyrics in the later songs, but hey...

they are playing the forum (town and country / o2) kentish town on sept 20th, 27 years to the month since i saw them there with the telescopes and the fury things. (31 + 4.5 + 2.5 quid though)

i know this should go into the Nine Inch Nails thread:
http://cdn.nin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/NIN-Facebook-DATES-1200x628_BoxOffice.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qsRateq.jpg

all four Los Angeles dates already sold out, F***

they sold most tickets in person last weekend and only released what was left over online today. I'm sure shit is sold out everywhere. really looking forward to the SF show. I haven't seen NIN since the Bowie/outside tour, and haven't seen JAMC since the Rollercoaster tour with Spiritualized!

heh, I saw NIN open for the Jesus and Mary Chain in 1990!

Xpost makes it sound like Jim and William were manning the tills there..

two more shows added tickets on sale in the AM. i just bought Spiritualized today but i think i need to make this show.

Hi, genuinely shocked here..

Was just looking at the discogs entry for "21 singles", seems its coming out on double-lp for the first time.

The writing credits has Jim writing only four. 'Upside Down', 'Never Understand', 'Come On' and "I love rock and roll'

So, the first two that put the J&MC on the map, and not much after? Amazed...

are those credits correct? on most of their records the songs are credited to both brothers.

I know, that's what threw me.

I feel like if I wrote "Never Understand" I could just kind of kick back and be like "I've done what I came here to do, you guys write the rest of them"

it's a confusing mess - if you look up all of those tracks on other releases they're all "Written By: Reid/Reid"

(so, what visiting said then)

« Lyrics: Reid / Music: Reid »

Well, that explains everything...

Are going to record the next album after this NIN tour that runs until September:

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/new-album-jesus-mary-chain/

... maybe after this thing I guess https://www.abconcerts.be/en/agenda/events/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/21503/

Just get on FB friend rec for Jim Reid.

got

You're psychic: I ordered a Psychocandy T-shirt about 12 hours ago.

Ha! A friend messaged me last week to say "I've had a Facebook friend recommendation for Jim Reid!"

I had the same recommendation two days later.

Has William been recommended to anyone, though??

ILX fave Annie covers "Just Like Honey"

https://www.stereogum.com/2153678/annie-just-like-honey-the-jesus-and-mary-chain-cover/music/

they announced a warm up gig in Brighton because they're playing a festival in Spain next month. I got tickets, first time I've seen them since 2009.

That week is going to be a bit crazy, it's all 90s indie rock all the time, I'm seeing Sultans of Ping on Saturday, Superchunk on Monday, JAMC on Thursday and Stereolab on Friday

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/28/jesus-and-mary-chain-glasgow-eyes-album-art.jpeg

Glasgow Eyes

1. Venal Joy
2. American Born
3. Mediterranean X Film
4. jamcod
5. Discotheque
6. Pure Poor
7. The Eagles and The Beatles
8. Silver Strings
9. Chemical Animal
10. Second of June
11. Girl 71
12. Hey Lou Reid

Out on March 8, 2024 via Fuzz Club