Much like the Smiths a couple of posts ago, I knew the Jesus and Mary Chain by name more than by their music. As with the Smiths I'd dipped my toe a few years back but didn't really respond to what I found.
On revisiting the Smiths this time, I didn't mind them too much (more for Marr than Morrisey), but with the J&MC, I haven't really changed my mind on them. They seek to mix the pop of 50s-60s girl groups and the abrasive wall of sound/noise of the Velvet Underground. That could have been great, but, to my tastes, it feels like they took the weaker parts of those two sounds to create something that on the whole, falls a little flat.
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