{"product_id":"the-jesus-and-mary-chains-psychocandy-paperback","title":"The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaula Mejia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jesus and Mary Chain's swooning debut \u003ci\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/i\u003e seared through the underground and through the pop charts, shifting the role of noise within pop music forever. Post-punk and pro-confusion, \u003ci\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/i\u003e became the sound of a generation poised on the brink of revolution, establishing Creation Records as a tastemaking entity in the process. The Scottish band's notorious live performances were both punishingly loud and riot-spurring, inevitably acting as socio-political commentary on tensions emergent in mid-1980s Britain. Through caustic clangs and feedback channeling the rage of the working-class who'd had enough, \u003ci\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/i\u003e gestures toward the perverse pleasure in having your eardrums exploded and loudness as a politics within itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet \u003ci\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/i\u003e's blackened candy heart center - calling out to phantoms Candy and Honey with an unsettling charm - makes it a pop album to the core, and not unlike the sugarcoated sounds the Ronettes became famous for in the 1960s. The Jesus and Mary Chain expertly carved out a place where depravity and sweetness entwined, emerging from the isolating underground of suburban Scotland grasping the distinct sound of a generation, apathetic and uncertain. The irresistible \u003ci\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/i\u003e emerged as a clairvoyant account of struggle and sweetness that still causes us to grapple with pop music's relation to ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Mejia\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, journalist and critic. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Criterion Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.4 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730198859839,"sku":"9781628929508","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4e4ba8670a2ced3aa7bec29151382297.webp?v=1765125200","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-jesus-and-mary-chains-psychocandy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}