The Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
My first encounter with this band was through the Sofia Coppola film Lost In Translation, and the song used was 'Just Like Honey'. I was going through a shoegaze phase back then, and their decidedly shoegazey sound certainly piqued my interested. They're like a grown up, more sombre bunch, writing songs that droned on and lulled one into a smokey torpor.
This song is off their second release, 'Darklands', where they start to vary their songwriting. At least two songs in their debut 'Psychocandy' had the same opening drums and while I do like the album, it got a little repetitive. Anyway, 'Darklands' showcases the abilities of the brothers Reid, and some of my favourite Jesus And Mary Chain songs come from this album. One of them is obviously the track embedded above, and the other is 'April Skies'.
April Skies (change hxxp to http)
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