Home → The Jesus and Mary Chain → Psychocandy
Psychocandy
Rock · 1985 · 14 tracks

Psychocandy

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Sweet 1960s pop melodies buried under a thick, abrasive layer of guitar feedback. The definitive blueprint for noise-pop and shoegaze.

Find on Amazon

It's like the Beach Boys playing inside a jet engine and it's somehow perfect.

A confrontational yet deeply romantic collision of sweet pop sensibility and abrasive white noise.

Psychocandy · vs · The Jesus and Mary Chain
Love Romantic+3.6σ

The writing leans far further into love romantic than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Just Like Honey
3:03
02
The Living End
2:17
03
Taste the Floor
2:57
04
The Hardest Walk
2:41
05
Cut Dead
2:48
06
In a Hole
3:02
07
Taste of Cindy
1:41
08
Never Understand
2:58
09
Inside Me
3:10
10
Sowing Seeds
2:51
11
My Little Underground
2:31
12
You Trip Me Up
2:27
13
Something’s Wrong
4:03
14
It’s So Hard
2:36
Moments Worth Waiting For
The iconic three-beat drum intro of Just Like Honey that mirrors Be My Baby before the fuzz enters.
The sudden, violent explosion of feedback that obliterates the melody halfway through Never Understand.
The way the vocals on Cut Dead sound like a ghost whispering through a wall of static.
Sits BesideSee all
Destiny XL
Destiny XL
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
2019

Shares urban_night, basement_show, fog (atmosphere); noise rock, shoegaze, indie rock (subgenres)

You’re Living All Over Me
You’re Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
1987

Shares noise_textured, lo_fi, tape_saturation (production style); noise rock, indie rock (subgenres)

Methodrone
Methodrone
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
1995

Shares reverb_heavy, lo_fi, tape_saturation (production style); shoegaze, dream pop, noise rock (subgenres)

EKKSTACY
EKKSTACY
EKKSTACY
2024

Shares indie rock, post-punk, shoegaze (subgenres); urban_night, basement_show, dive_bar (atmosphere)

The End
The End
The Raveonettes
2015

Shares shoegaze, dream pop, indie rock (subgenres); reverb_heavy, noise_textured, wall_of_sound (production style)

I Am the Portuguese Blues
I Am the Portuguese Blues
Starflyer 59
2004

Shares shoegaze, indie rock, noise rock (subgenres); urban_night, basement_show, dive_bar (atmosphere)

Some Candy Talking E.P.
Some Candy Talking E.P.
The Jesus and Mary Chain
1986

Shares deadpan, gentle, nasal (vocal style); brooding, romantic, melancholic (moods)

Lust Lust Lust
Lust Lust Lust
The Raveonettes
2007

Shares noise rock, shoegaze, indie rock (subgenres); noise_textured, reverb_heavy, wall_of_sound (production style)

Fuzz Ghost EP
Fuzz Ghost EP
Goth Babe
2015

Shares noise_textured, reverb_heavy, lo_fi (production style); shoegaze, dream pop, noise rock (subgenres)

La mia vita violenta
La mia vita violenta
Blonde Redhead
1995

Shares noise rock, shoegaze, indie rock (subgenres); urban_night, basement_show, fog (atmosphere)

Reviews
AllMusic
Read review
BBC Music
Read review

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →