Förra året spelade de återförenade skotska shoegaze-ikonerna i The Jesus and Mary Chain på Barcelona-festivalen Primavera Sound. Nu är de klara för OFF Festival som äger rum i Polen mellan den 1 och den 3 augusti. Så här skriver de på sin hemsida:
”When it comes to sonic terrorism, these shoegaze pioneers are the aces of spades. If this were a club show, we’d advise you to bring along a helmet and mouthguard. That’s right: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s early concerts went on for no more than fifteen minutes before inevitably being shut down due to the riots breaking out in the audience. The unbridled energy of the band’s music came from their outrageously distorted guitars, inspired by the sounds of the Velvet Underground and the Stooges. Yet the Reid brothers balanced their punk rock fury with surprisingly beautiful, almost poppy melodies. An excellent example of this contrastive tactic can be heard on the single ’Just Like Honey’, which ended up on the soundtrack to Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. There’s not enough room on the Internet to list all the bands that took inspiration from the Jesus and Mary Chain, especially since the group remain influential to this day. The only thing that’s changed is the lack of rioting at their shows.”
Enligt Louder Than War verkar även ett nytt album och ytterligare festivalspelningar vara på ingång. Nedan kan du se deras ikoniska musikvideo till Just Like Honey: