THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – “JAMCOD”
FUZZ CLUB
The Jesus and Mary Chain today set the wheels in motion for a landmark year ahead as they announce the March 8th release of their new album Glasgow Eyes via Fuzz Club and unleash its lead single βjamcodβ (spell it out). The duo β brothers Jim and William Reid β will further mark their 40th year in 2024 with an autobiography (published by Orion/White Rabbit) and a major UK and European tour.
Glasgow Eyes was recorded at Mogwaiβs Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow, where Jim and William continued the creative process that resulted in their previous album, 2017βs Damage and Joy, becoming their highest charting album in over twenty years. What emerged is a record that finds one of the UKβs most influential groups embracing a productive second chapter, their maelstrom of melody, feedback and controlled chaos now informed more audibly by their love for Suicide and Kraftwerk and a fresh appreciation of the less disciplined attitudes found in jazz.
Jim Reid elaborates, βBut donβt expect βthe Mary Chain goes jazz.β People should expect a Jesus and Mary Chain record, and thatβs certainly what Glasgow Eyes is. Our creative approach is remarkably the same as it was in 1984, just hit the studio and see what happens. We went in with a bunch of songs and let it take its course. There are no rules, you just do whatever it takes. And thereβs a telepathy there β we are those weird not-quite twins that finish each otherβs sentences.β
The albumβs first single, βjamcod,β welds dark electronica with the immense guitar sound that can only be that of William Reid creating an instant Mary Chain classic thatβs also undeniably fresh and radical. βjamcodβ and Glasgow Eyes not only extend The Jesus and Mary Chain story, but feel simultaneously like a return to roots. From the incendiary Psychocandy debut and its classic βJust Like Honeyβ onwards, the Reid brothers steadily became the misfits who made good without compromise.
Glasgow Eyes is now available to pre-order HERE. Physical formats include CD, single vinyl and, for those who love the sound of vinyl at its purest, limited edition 45 rpm double-vinyl lavishly packaged with artwork by William Reid.
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The Jesus And Mary Chain
Glasgow Eyes
(Fuzz Club)
Release Date: March 8, 2024
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