New Music From Primal Scream
Primal Scream see into the future and Can't Go Back.
It's been over 25 years since the Reid brothers gave drummer Bobby Gillespie a harsh ultimatum. Us or them, Jesus and Mary Chain or Primal Scream. Luckily for us, Gillespie wasn't too stoned that day and chose Primal Scream. You wouldn't think it, but Primal Scream started off a sort of Byrds-like pop group with their debut Sonic Flower Groove. Not a bad album by any means, but a stark contrast to the career defining Screamadelica. The genre inducing Screamadelica still holds up today and is the primmer by which many bands lend their ears.
Primal Scream's following output really ran the gamut. From jangle-pop to acid house, retro-Stones to industrial psychedelia, Primal Scream paint with many colors. Give Out But Don't Give Up gave us straight forward faux-Stones rockers and also a sign that Gillespie would never be comfortable in a certain skin for too long. Following albums XTRMNTR and Evil Heat saw the group take a more heavy Industrious appproach tapping into the worlds' turn of the century fears. Malnourished folk-legend Kate Moss sang on a Lee Hazelwood cover, so it can't be all bad. Last album Riot City Blues continued their Stone's love affair, but with little reward.
Their latest album, Beautiful Future, sees Primal Scream with a nice cheery outlook on things. Maybe it's age, maybe lack of drugs? The new single, "Can't Go Back" is a frantic strobed-out rocker with Bobby Gillespie sounding as invigorated as he ever has. Beautiful Future will be in stores July 21 via B-Unique Records.
Posted by Joe Roth on Jul 09, 2008 @ 7:55 am