The Jesus and Mary Chain (Official Thread)

[fake empire]

This band needs a thread. Amazing music.

[IWasaCamera]

First two full-lengths are quality. Then I lose interest.

[murrich]

Bump, Pychocandy is good stuff.

[xAnti-Violentx]

Honey's Dead and Psychocandy are wonderful records.

[joss d.]

psychocandy is a classic, the first part of just like honey gets me everytime

[IWasaCamera]

Darklands is way better than Honey's Dead.

[aniym]

psychocandy is a classic and my personal favorite, but mostly because i'm a huge shoegaze fan, and religiously follow all the gazer bands who lifted their sound from psychocandy. i've listened to darklands, but admit that I haven't given it much of a chance (Down on Me has been a favorite of mine for many years though).

People hung up on the Psychocandy sound might want to look into the 1988 B-sides compilation Barbed Wire Kisses, which collects the odds n sods from that era. The Complete John Peel Sessions is another decent compilation, as is the BBC Live in Concert disc (which covers post-Psychocandy stuff and sounds great live, especially the rendition of sidewalking).

Honey's Dead is a very decent effort as well.

[murrich]

Love this band so much, Psychocandy deserves all the praise it gets.

[myplanforescape]

Psychocandy is my favorite album. It has a very different sound but Stoned and Dethroned is pretty good as well.

[murrich]

Psychocandy is my favorite album. It has a very different sound but Stoned and Dethroned is pretty good as well.

Yeah I wasn't the biggest fan of Stoned and Dethroned when I first heard it, but I enjoy it a lot more now. I prefer their earlier work, but their later stuff is still worth listening to.

[myplanforescape]

Yeah I wasn't the biggest fan of Stoned and Dethroned when I first heard it, but I enjoy it a lot more now. I prefer their earlier work, but their later stuff is still worth listening to.

Yeah, I agree, I'm fan of all their albums, but none have the impact of Psychocandy. The song they released last year has me interested in a new album, but I think it could be awhile before that happens.

[fake empire]

John Peel Sessions are awesome

[IWasaCamera]

http://images.q4music.com/content/mojo/DOTD/Psychocandy.jpg

Listened to this for the first time in months yesterday. Was delightful as always.

[blebbio]

I've only listened to Psychocandy and Darklands. I really like both but I'd have to say Darklands is better.

[FullCollaspe]

Love Darklands

[x togepi x]

i love how shitty this band was

[IWasaCamera]

Hmm.

[will_to_burn]

"Do you remember the JAMC?"
I really want to get into this band. Gonna find an album soon I hope.

[kearn1tm]

I had a brief love affair with Psychocandy and then I just stopped, uh, listening, and when I revisited it, I didn't really dig it. I don't know. As a result, I've never really pursued the rest of their stuff (I don't even know how many other albums they recorded).

[Cuddleworthy]

NOT xiugaze

[kearn1tm]

NOT xiugaze

not SCRAMZ

[Cuddleworthy]

not SCRAMZ

not "real" SCRAMZ

[kearn1tm]

not "real" SCRAMZ

FOB? SCREamcore

[Cuddleworthy]

that one song about sleeping and dousing perfume has prevalent screamcore influences

[x togepi x]

i can't decide who's more shitty cuddleworthy or jamc.

at least JAMC wrote some good songs though.

[Cuddleworthy]

cuddleworthy wrote better songs though

[quicksilv001]

This band rocks. Psychocandy rocks my socks off with loud noisy goodness.

[x togepi x]

apparently when i was black out drunk on friday night, i bought a german copy of this on vinyl. that was a pleasant surprise today when it came in the mail.

[DilesMavis]

Love the J&MC. Have many stories involving me wearing their shirt (which I do often). Many of them involving people thinking it has some sort of religious affiliation....But I've also met some pretty awesome people, like the cashier who's about 40 at the local pharmacy who's a pretty big fan. I never would've thought.

[cshadows2887]

So torn on Psychocandy. Some songs I really like. Some the aesthetic entirely overwhelms the songs. Grumble.