This Is The Last…

According to April Skies, a Jesus & Mary Chain fan site, the band has confirmed a return to the studio to record a brand new album. Although brothers Jim and William have worked on projects separately since the break-up (Sister Vanilla, Freeheat, Lazycame) this will be the first time in nine years they record together as The JAMC.

The band has also announced a handful of shows in the States:

10/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre #
10/26 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore #
10/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #

After catching their pre-Coachella gig at the Glass House back in April I couldn’t be happier about the tour. Although the JAMC can do no wrong by me I must admit that since that show I’ve been harboring the feeling you get when you order your favorite drink at a new bar, it goes down but only because you paid seven bucks for it and it’s alcohol. Something was missing that night; I expected to be subjected to the usual insulting aloofness of someone who’s made up of nothing but skin and cool but instead it felt as though Jim’s memory was split between remembering lyrics and whether or not he’d paid the gas bill.

It could’ve been a number of things; lack of habit, new line-up, the edge has simply dried up, maybe it’s just the fact that all reunions suck (Quinton’s words not mine) or maybe I’m just crazy. I for one am chalking it up to being out of practice, particularly because my brother saw them the very next night at Coachella and said they were phenomenal. Hopefully this time around the rust is out of their hinges and I’ll get to truly experience The Jesus & Mary Chain in all of their brooding glory.

On a positive note they did play a new song that night at the Glass House and if you’re a fan of Automatic go ahead and wet yourself.

Despite it all I’ll claim anything they do is genius but please no more Scarlet non-sense. I’d hate to have to eat my words; they’re too thick to chew.