The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic poll

Jesus is there no newer jamc thread? Anyway the new song (chemical animal) is awesome and I like it a lot. Really great details in the mix. The first single (jamc overdose) was cool too. Glad they are still here moaning and groaning.

I associate this album very strongly with driving in my car wearing sunglasses and smoking cigarettes hence it is the best JAMC album

Automatic rules.

I heard one of the new songs, JAMCOD. I'm a huge fan of bands that more or less do the same thing over and over, or variations of the same thing, and yet somehow always rule.

I put a bit about you new album here:
Jesus and Mary Chain Mania!

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I saw them live in November, quite a few songs off Automatic at that one, nothing off the new album though

the sound was bloody awful for the first few songs, loads of people were shouting turn it up, the sound person eventually did do that

how my car was wearing sunglasses and smoking cigarettes i'll never know

I saw them on the Damaged and Joy tour and they were fantastic. The sound was loud and clean.

I want to die like Jesus Christ

Indeed

This is definitely a great driving record.

I do love this album but also kind of feel like it’s their New Jersey.

Good to see Blues from a Gun took this; I never understood why Head-On seemed to get all the attention.

(Completely unrelated, but I noticed recently that the Some Candy Talking EP is on streaming services now, but with cover art where the brothers have been replaced with dolls. Slightly different typefaces as well. Anyone know what the story is there?)

; I never understood why Head-On seemed to get all the attention.

Because it's faster, headier, and sounds great in the car and even better at karaoke.

I do love this album but also kind of feel like it’s their New Jersey.

Nah, it just rules. It feels Imperial, imo, like a fulfillment of proof of concept or something. It's also the first one to have Alan Moulder fully behind the boards mixing (though he and Flood make credit appearances on "Psychocandy"!), and Moulder really knows how to make drum machines and guitar noise pop.

It does sound great. The only thing that bothers me — just a little bit — is that the first two records feel very natural and effortless to me (whether or not they actually are), whereas there are parts of this one, particularly in the vocals, where it seems a little forced in a way that I find distracting. Mostly kidding about the New Jersey thing though; I’ve enjoyed everything they’ve done since then to a certain degree (well, except for Stoned & Dethroned, never got into that one) and definitely looking forward to the new one.

I kinda feel like Stoned & Dethroned is their New Jersey.

unusual details in wikipedia articles

In September 1989, The band provided backing vocals for the Erasure single "Drama!".

Stoned and Dethroned is one of my favorites

It's not bad!

Haha, I never knew that xp

"Drama!" contains a "Guilty!" exclamation throughout, provided by Scottish band the Jesus and Mary Chain, who were recording in the studio next door.[2] 

Automatic sounds great and I could pick nearly any track as my fave on any given day - but it is pretty samey. I would struggle to listen to it in its entirety but love any track that pops up on shuffle.

They are the same! "Between Planets" and "Head On" are the same song. That's what makes JAMC awesome.

unusual details in wikipedia articles

In September 1989, The band provided backing vocals for the Erasure single "Drama!".
― visiting, Monday, January 22, 2024 3:11 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Wait this is amazing? Erasure is top 5 groups for me and I never knew this!!

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They are the same! "Between Planets" and "Head On" are the same song. That's what makes JAMC awesome.

― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, January 24, 2024 5:39 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Absolutely love both of these but I think I'd go with BP. It's the song of theirs I listen to most often