The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey 12''

The Jesus and Mary Chain, centered on Scottish brothers Jim and William Reid, released their debut album in 1985. While it was a minor hit at the time, it kicked off the entire shoegaze genre that Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, eventually ended a few years later with an album that defined and destroyed the aesthetic with overwhelming, distorted force. The sound on this early record was indebted to post-punk guitar innovation as much as 60s wall-of-sound pop from the likes of Phil Spector.  In fact, you can hear the same drum sound echoed in one of the most well-known pop hits of all time, Be My Baby by The Ronettes. Just Like Honey is a picture of cool, the kind of song that makes me reach for sunglasses and a leather jacket, wishing for a cool breeze to blow my hair back. It breathes romance and danger with the thick smell of nostalgia. It’s a song to lose myself into over and over again. When the song gets lodged in my head for days, I welcome it back with open arms.

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The Jesus And Mary Chain; Just Like Honey 12"

A1.  Just Like Honey

A2.  Head

B1.  Cracked

B2.  Just Like Honey (Demo)