the JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

A triumphant live return for the East Kilbride rabble rousers - there's a sense that the band still adore getting lost in their distorted swirls, drawing the audience in and enveloping them in their turbulent rock.

Recorded at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles in 2018, ‘Sunset 666’ is a live album from the legendary shoegazers. "Control is the key word. For those of us who admire the Mary Chain, the pleasure of Sunset 666 is the steady power with which they deliver a set of classics. There is a composed intensity in the performance that suggests this music is still alive for the men who wrote it. ‘Yeah,’ says Jim. ‘People always say you must get sick to death of Just Like Honey, but I swear to God I don’t. I still get into those songs. When the band reformed, everything felt new to us again. Reverence, I can get totally lost in that.’ As will anyone who hears it. Listening to this album, for anyone who has followed the Mary Chain over the years, calls forth many personal memories and associations. Some would dismiss that as nostalgia, but it’s actually a remarkable and beautiful thing: the ability of music to sing our own stories back to us. ‘It’s gone beyond entertainment,’ Jim agrees. ‘These songs are part of people’s lives.’" Peter Ross, Glasgow.

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