JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Orig. Album Series (5CD)

There's a version of the late 80s and early 90s that sounds like a wall of white noise with a pop song bleeding through the middle of it. That version belongs to The Jesus and Mary Chain.

East Kilbride's most confrontational export, the Reid brothers built their entire aesthetic on the collision of Velvet Underground drone, Beach Boys melody, and a feedback loop that got them banned from venues before anyone had even heard the songs properly. This five-disc set collects the essential run of their catalogue, from the sandpaper bliss of Psychocandy through to Honey's Dead, covering the full arc of a band that basically invented shoegaze by accident while trying to start fights. If you've been living with a single burned copy of Darklands for fifteen years, it's time to upgrade.

5 x CD slipcase box set in individual cardboard sleeves. Includes Psychocandy, Darklands, Automatic, Honey's Dead, and Stoned & Dethroned. Origin: Scotland.

Fans of: My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, Spacemen 3, Bauhaus