They were a fucking awesome band when they were in their prime. Four decent albums on the trot - Psychocandy, Darklands, Automatic and Honey's Dead.
They are never on Heardle.
I am not that familiar with their work. Do really like the single April Skies though.
Great band, they were fantastic on the one occasion I saw them.
There's one, You Trip Me Up I think which sounded like somebody singing a little tune to the background noise of water draining down the plughole, but turned up to MASSIVE VOLUME.
KEXP played Far Gone and Out half an hour or so ago. Kind of inspired me to start this thread. Blew me way when I first heard Psychocandy.
KEXP are excellent. Their youtube channel is full of all sorts of gems.
Psychocandy was the one. Annoyingly I only own Darklands which lacks the sheer fuzzy ridiculousness of the debut
KEXP are excellent. Their youtube channel is full of all sorts of gems.
Yeah, loads of good live stuff. I listen to KEXP most of the time, even in the car.
Four decent albums on the trot
Four great albums, all very different to each other.
But five albums on the trot actually, since they slipped their excellent compilation of discards, Barbed Wire Kisses, into that sequence as well.
If I have a favourite band, they are probably it.
Haven't listened to them for decades but loved Psychocandy and saw them a couple of times. I would have bought the album just for the cover, tbh. Thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.
I love the cover of Honey's Dead - Ophelia by Arthur Hughes.
Psychocandy is an absolute belter.
A old friend of mine (Geoff Donkin) played drums for the JAMC for a while.
That is my spurious JAMC connection.
I think Automatic is my favourite. Fond memories of the first album as well: as a pale, shy, naïve student, I had never heard anything like it. Saw them on the Darklands tour, in Bradford. They were fucking ace.
A old friend of mine (Geoff Donkin) played drums for the JAMC for a while.He was in Spectrum too, right?
yup
And of course the world* famous Beautiful Happiness
*Leamington Spa.
What's he doing now?
Richard Formby, also of Spectrum, has been making fabulous music - seek it out. Craven Faults.
Apologies - not Mary Chain, as you were...
I like this old TV piece about the original hype, with the violence at their gigs and their own confident self assessment.
https://youtu.be/hclcrEpui64