The Jesus And Mary Chain

One of the most influential bands of their generation and beyond, The Jesus and Mary Chain mark their 40th anniversary in 2024 with a new album, Glasgow Eyes. To be released on March 8th by Fuzz Club, this is the band's first studio album since Damage And Joy (2017). 2024 promises to be a bumper year for devotees of the Reids: the brothers will also unveil their autobiography, a documentary, and a world tour starting in March.

The exact point of any band's inception is hard to pin down, but for Jim, the wish crystallised into reality one night in June 1984: I always think it was the day we played our first show, because up until then the whole idea had been kind of abstract, it didnt feel real. When we played in London, there were only about six people watching, but I remember thinking, That's it. The band is born.

From the moment the Reids first pressed the record button on their Portastudio in the early 1980s, the intense, sometimes brutal, often darkly romantic music they made has always felt like past, present and future smashed together, alchemising into something startling. Glasgow Eyes might mark a milestone but the Mary Chain are always looking forward. As for what fans can expect from the new release, hopefully people will expect a Jesus and Mary Chain record, says Jim, "and that is certainly what it is.