The Jesus and Mary Chain have shared “Girl 71,” the latest look into their forthcoming album, Glasgow Eyes. Stream it below.
Much like the two most recent singles released by Jim and William Reid, “Girl 71” is built around a steady drum beat, Jim Reid’s distinct, recognizable vocals, and buzzy instrumentals. But unlike its predecessors “Chemical Animal” or “jamcod,” “Girl 71” is strikingly upbeat, even if the lyrics aren’t always as bright. “You got me, you got nothing,” Jim Reid growls.
Glasgow Eyes is set to officially be released in full on March 22nd. While the band has been clear that this isn’t a full-on jazz record, they have been vocal about embracing elements of the genre during the creative process, particularly the freedom and lack of traditional discipline unique to jazz.
As the name indicates, the LP was recorded at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow. The...
Much like the two most recent singles released by Jim and William Reid, “Girl 71” is built around a steady drum beat, Jim Reid’s distinct, recognizable vocals, and buzzy instrumentals. But unlike its predecessors “Chemical Animal” or “jamcod,” “Girl 71” is strikingly upbeat, even if the lyrics aren’t always as bright. “You got me, you got nothing,” Jim Reid growls.
Glasgow Eyes is set to officially be released in full on March 22nd. While the band has been clear that this isn’t a full-on jazz record, they have been vocal about embracing elements of the genre during the creative process, particularly the freedom and lack of traditional discipline unique to jazz.
As the name indicates, the LP was recorded at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow. The...
- 2/22/2024
- by Mary Siroky
- Consequence - Music
Scottish alternative rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain have shared “Chemical Animal,” the second single from their forthcoming album Glasgow Eyes. Stream it below.
“Chemical Animal” is unmistakably The Jesus and Mary Chain from its first few notes — with hazy atmospherics, singer Jim Reid’s husky baritone, and a drum beat that moves at a steady trot, the song hits all The Jesus and Mary Chain’s usual signifiers. A sense of darkness looms over the track, especially when Reid achingly croons “I fill myself with chemicals/ To hide the dark shit I don’t show” in the chorus. The song doesn’t so much fizzle out as it does burn slowly, with billowing guitars and synths that feel like black smoke rising through the air.
The latest single from The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Glasgow Eyes, “Chemical Animal” follows November’s “jamcod.” Of the album, which is set to release on March 8th,...
“Chemical Animal” is unmistakably The Jesus and Mary Chain from its first few notes — with hazy atmospherics, singer Jim Reid’s husky baritone, and a drum beat that moves at a steady trot, the song hits all The Jesus and Mary Chain’s usual signifiers. A sense of darkness looms over the track, especially when Reid achingly croons “I fill myself with chemicals/ To hide the dark shit I don’t show” in the chorus. The song doesn’t so much fizzle out as it does burn slowly, with billowing guitars and synths that feel like black smoke rising through the air.
The latest single from The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Glasgow Eyes, “Chemical Animal” follows November’s “jamcod.” Of the album, which is set to release on March 8th,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Scottish alternative rock duo The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced their new album, Glasgow Eyes, set for release on March 8th via Fuzz Club. The LP will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the outfit, comprised of brothers Jim and William Reid. The announcement arrives alongside news of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s upcoming 2024 EU/UK headliner tour — as well as the release of their first Glasgow Eyes single, “jamcod,” which you can stream below.
Jim Reid said in a press release that Glasgow Eyes is a Jesus and Mary Chain album, through and through. “Our creative approach is remarkably the same as it was in 1984, just hit the studio and see what happens,” he said. “There’s a telepathy there — we are those weird not-quite twins that finish each other’s sentences. Of course, as one could expect from the highly experimental duo, there will still be plenty...
Jim Reid said in a press release that Glasgow Eyes is a Jesus and Mary Chain album, through and through. “Our creative approach is remarkably the same as it was in 1984, just hit the studio and see what happens,” he said. “There’s a telepathy there — we are those weird not-quite twins that finish each other’s sentences. Of course, as one could expect from the highly experimental duo, there will still be plenty...
- 11/29/2023
- by Emma Carey
- Consequence - Music
Part of our continuing partnership with the online film journal cléo, which guest programs a film to watch on Mubi in the United States. In conjunction, we'll be hosting an exclusive article by one of their contributors. This month Mallory Andrews writes on Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1916), now showing through December 15, 2015.It’s a bit of a shame that Cecil B. DeMille’s two-hour 1916 silent film will likely always be overshadowed by Carl Theodor Dreyer’s indelible The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). The universal praise for Dreyer’s intimate take on La Pucelle is well-earned and full of images that remain some of the most moving uses of close-ups in cinema. By contrast, Joan the Woman (being a typical DeMille joint) is concerned more with epic, operatic imagery. The climactic Battle of Orleans is teeming with detail, an elaborate scope that pushes at the boundaries of the square Academy ratio frame,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Mallory Andrews
- MUBI
Despite the absence of several notable characters, this documentary gives an interesting glimpse into the history of Creation Records
There's one great stroke of genius to Upside Down, Danny O'Connor's chronicle of the birth, glory years and demise of mouthy mogul Alan McGee's iconic record label. It's the lack of a voiceover: O'Connor eschews traditional narration in favour of nuggets of rock'n'roll wisdom, spoken by ageing Irish DJ, music guru and McGee's Death Disco co-conspirator Bp Fallon ("purple-browed beep" in T Rex's Telegram Sam). Fallon is shot in monochrome and beamed onto a grainy 50s TV set – a move that ensures the film stays in tune with the vibe of the bands Creation championed: amongst others Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, The Pastels, The Jazz Butcher, Felt, Ride, Super Furry Animals, and most lucratively, Oasis.
The main players tell the story themselves in interviews spliced with archive footage...
There's one great stroke of genius to Upside Down, Danny O'Connor's chronicle of the birth, glory years and demise of mouthy mogul Alan McGee's iconic record label. It's the lack of a voiceover: O'Connor eschews traditional narration in favour of nuggets of rock'n'roll wisdom, spoken by ageing Irish DJ, music guru and McGee's Death Disco co-conspirator Bp Fallon ("purple-browed beep" in T Rex's Telegram Sam). Fallon is shot in monochrome and beamed onto a grainy 50s TV set – a move that ensures the film stays in tune with the vibe of the bands Creation championed: amongst others Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, The Pastels, The Jazz Butcher, Felt, Ride, Super Furry Animals, and most lucratively, Oasis.
The main players tell the story themselves in interviews spliced with archive footage...
- 3/18/2011
- by Giles Anderton
- The Guardian - Film News
**Read all the posts in our ‘Love Theatrically’ series here**
#2 – “Lost In Translation” (2003)
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola’s second feature, following her sublime 1999 debut feature “The Virgin Suicides”, explores the themes of displacement, dislocation and humanity’s basic need for connection and whilst it uses the alien backdrop of Tokyo to heighten the sense of loneliness the core emotion is one which many of us have surely felt at some point in our lives. That an individual can stand in a crowded room (or in this case a densely populated city) yet still feel entirely alone speaks volumes about mankind’s intrinsic desire to simply connect and how it’s not so much about where we are as who we’re with.
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a man in that very predicament, an ageing movie star who is currently in Tokyo to film an advertisement for Suntory whiskey.
#2 – “Lost In Translation” (2003)
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola’s second feature, following her sublime 1999 debut feature “The Virgin Suicides”, explores the themes of displacement, dislocation and humanity’s basic need for connection and whilst it uses the alien backdrop of Tokyo to heighten the sense of loneliness the core emotion is one which many of us have surely felt at some point in our lives. That an individual can stand in a crowded room (or in this case a densely populated city) yet still feel entirely alone speaks volumes about mankind’s intrinsic desire to simply connect and how it’s not so much about where we are as who we’re with.
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a man in that very predicament, an ageing movie star who is currently in Tokyo to film an advertisement for Suntory whiskey.
- 2/13/2011
- by Nick Turk
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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