With a recent album due in March,we contemplate back over the career of East Kilbride’s favourite feuding brothersIt’s difficult now to imagine just how outré the Jesus and Mary Chain would have sounded in 1984, and how incongruous they would have been among the Thompson Twins and Nik Kershaws of this world. It was a desire to hear the Shangri-Las and Einstürzende Neubauten on the same record that drove them to form in the first place, or they were quickly fulfilling that ambition with Upside Down,their debut single. Indeed, the screeching, and uncompromising feedback juxtaposed against Jim Reid’s placid murmur still grabs you by the throat,even 33 years on. Related: The Jesus and Mary Chain on Psychocandy: ‘It was a microscopic miracle’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com