"And Heaven, I think,
Is too close to Hell."
It’s the Mary
Chain. Which can only mean one thing. Anniversary time. It’s two years today since my first ‘Psychocandy’ post. And I’ve been humbled by some of the great
responses I’ve received over that time:
"Your earlier posts were funnier."
"Do we really
need to see your thumb in each picture?"
"There’s not
enough Sigue Sigue Sputnik."
As has become
tradition, to mark the occasion I’ve chosen another Mary Chain record that’s
celebrating it’s 25th anniversary: the magnificently melancholy ‘Darklands’. A radical
departure for the Mary Chain after the feedback-drenched nihilism of their
debut. Now we got acoustic-plucking nihilism.
It was the
soundtrack to my O-Level revision. Or, perhaps more accurately, the soundtrack
to me avoiding my O-Level revision. It was such an influence that the Mary
Chain began popping up in the life model prep work I was doing for my art exam.
Which was quite a radical departure for me too, as before then my inspirations
had been mainly Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Judge Dredd. This new
direction did little to boost my grades. And my tutors were only to become even
further bemused as A-Levels beckoned and I entered my Pixies period.
Spotify linky:
Those early Mary Chain sleeves were among my favourites.
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