photo by Nick Kreisler

Primal Scream have added a bunch of club shows to accompany their appearance at Playground Weekender appearance.

The ‘Welcome To Your Beautiful Future’ Australia Tour will touch down at the following locations:

• 4   Feb  The Forum NSW – tickets from Moshtix
• 5   Feb  The Tivoli QLD – tickets from Ticketek
• 8   Feb  Billboard VIC – tickets from Moshtix
• 10 Feb  HQ SA – tickets from Venuetix
• 11 Feb  Metropolis Fremantle WA – tickets from Heatseeker

All tickets on sale Friday December 5th.

Here is their video for Can’t Go Back’ from their current long player… Beautiful Future.

Si aquellas obras de Goya fueron bautizadas como Pinturas Negras —Saturno devorando a un hijo, por ejemplo—, mis últimas apariciones en el blog deberían recibir un apelativo similar dentro de unos años, algo así como Entradas Negras, porque vamos, que si las SS, un asesino en serie, el fin del mundo, un asesino en serie… No, no me he repetido,  lo que ocurre es que me he adelantado —que es distinto—, y es que en este post os vais a encontrar de nuevo con la figura, o mejor dicho, el arma, de uno de esos seres viles y despiadados. Tal vez alguno de vosotros no lo sepa, pero Primal Scream no es ninguna banda novata en esto del rock alternativo. De hecho los escoceses dieron sus primeros pasos a comienzos de los 80 y desde entonces han publicado nueve trabajos de estudio, el último de ellos, Beautiful Future. Pues bien, el primer sencillo de este disco es Can’t Go Back, un tema con un ritmo bastante pegadizo, su momento de guitarreo, y cómo no, un videoclip oscuro que ya forma parte de las Entradas Negras.

Dear Beautiful Future,

How have you been? I didnt have alot on my mind the other day when i took 45mins out of my life for you and didnt really have anything on my mind at the end of it either.
When did you start wearing off white and make me yawn uncontrollably, listen sorry I dont mean to come accross harsh just… like… when was it supposed to kick in. Like come on, I’ve found all the polistirene peanuts what what were they surrounding? Just more more bubble rap?

Yours Sleepily
Vic

I’m pretty sure that it’s seasonal. In fact, I’m utterly convinced that Britpop heavyweights like Oasis, Primal Scream and The Charlatans all have some sort of cosmic affinity; a sonic menstrual cycle if you will (and I wish you wouldn’t, because that sounds disgusting) so that they release new material all at the same time.

It might be one, two or even three years between releases but, when the moon is on the cusp of entering Bore-us and the stars are so aligned, they each decide to return to Earth, feast on human flesh and release repetitive gumpf.

Normally, they prop up their latest album release with a string of festival appearances. Primal Scream are dab hands at second billing a rock festival, running through “Rocks” and a couple of numbers off Screamadelica and then shoehorning in some new track about Calamity Jane or something. ‘Hang on’ the crowd mew and bleat, ‘this is new; baah, whass this? Bah, Baaah.”

(sigh) I suppose my beef is this: JESUS CHRIST, who ACTUALLY cares?!?

Did anyone see Primal Scream on The Culture Show the other day? It was possibly the most pointless three and a half minutes of my rather tedious little life. That’s not to say that the music was that bad (I mean it was terrible, but that’s beside the point) it was just the archetype of the ’same old same old’.

Bobby Gillespie was doing his weasily best at the microphone, slurring the old Madchester trivialities, whilst Mani was bobbing about in the background with the  custom trinity: loafers, cream coloured jeans and a Ben Sherman. Back stage it must be like an episode of Pinky and the Brain:

Mani: What are we going to do tonight Bobby?

Bobby: The same thing we do every night Mani: mediocre pub rock bollocks.

Then there’s The Charlatans- hang on, they were on this series of The Culture Show as well (I hope this is cock up rather than conspiracy). Anyway, whasshisname Burgess is now sporting some sort of Warhol cut and committing the same sort of fragile beige guff over the same sort of ‘trippy’ Rickenbacker guitar lines. Yawn, yawn yawnnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Then of course there’s Oasis who I think the world stopped listening to precisely when that clock chimed nine on the inside of the Be Here Now album cover; so what’s that… about 11 years ago? Still, they’ve got a little further to go before they start encroaching on the length of Bob Geldof’s undead career.  

Jesus wept.

What really gets my goat on this whole thing has nothing to do with age or genre or anything like that, it’s the complete artlessness of the their exploits.

And what’s worse is that they even seem to have some sort of nauseating pride in their dopey steadfastness. Otherwise how else would one account for the unfathomable insistence of Liam Gallagher to sporadically come out with seriously uninteresting tosh like “We’re a rock’n'roll band” and “we’re gonna make a good old old fashioned rock’n'roll album” I mean whasssthatabout Liam?? Because it seems to me like you’re promising to churn out a load of tired, uninspired balls… well, actually, I take that back because that’s exactly what Don’t Believe the Truth felt like. Oh, and just out of interest – can anyone think of a worse or more boring name for an album than Don’t Believe the Truth? It’s just utter stool water isn’t it.  

So there you have it. Primal Scream’s heroically titled Beautiful Future was released just 10 days ago, on the 21st July. The Charlatans foray into the world of digitalism came when You Cross My Path was released just before the summer and Oasis’s outstandingly spiritual Dig Out Your Soul is due on general release from the 6th October.

I for one will be counting down the sleeps.

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of being hung up on by notoriously shcizo rockstar Bobby Gillespie, frontman of legendary Scottish band Primal Scream – a music journalist right of passage if there ever was one. It’s the equivalent of having your ear bitten off by Mike Tyson if you’re a boxer, or a pair of panties (or lack there of) flashed at you by Britney Spears if you’re a paparazzo. Here’s how the interview (or lack there of) went.

Hello. How’s it going?
– Ah-ray-ht. Ray-ht. Fay-hn.

Okay, do you like doing interviews?
– Yeah. Duh-yu? Ah would-knee fahkin be he-ur uf ah dhudn’t.

What’s the one question you always get asked that really irritates you?
– I can-knee remhaym-bur, ahm ah werk-her, ah just kah-rea ohn.

“You-siff, I’m sorry, but you’re gonna have to keep the interview music-related,” a pretty-sounding English accent interjected…

– Yeah. In-tah-vew terrum-inehted… *click*

And that was that… Welcome to the weird world of Bobby Gillespie.

“If we got horrendously rich and fucked up and died then I suppose that might have stopped us, but we’ve still got a hunger in us.” – Bobby Gillespie.

Along with the likes of The Stone Roses, New Order, and Happy Mondays, Primal Scream are British rock royalty – the kind of “drug rock” band that features on soundtracks like Trainspotting and Human Traffic. And this month, the aging rock band released their ninth studio album, Beautiful Future, and Gillespie is up to his usual short-fuse, explosive-personality, sales-increasing antics.

Click here to watch the official video for Primal

In 1986, forced to choose by his The Jesus and Mary Chain bandmates, Gillespie quit playing the most minimal drum-kit in the world and chose frontman of Primal Scream, the band he’d started in 1982. Over the years, the experimental Scottish rockers fused dance, punk, indie, and good ‘ol fashion sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, and have become true icons of British rock.

Primal Scream started out playing punk-inspired indie rock, but soon developed a taste for acid house music, raves, dodgy sunglasses, psychedelia, and doing copious amounts of drugs. In 1991, under the influence, the band released their seminal, and most revered album, Screamadelica – for all concerned, Primal Scream’s finest moments. That, and XTRMTR (2000).

Click here to watch Primal Scream playing

It’s been a wild two and a half decades for The Scream. And along the way, Gillespie has had a series of well-documented blowouts. He’s outspoken to an absurd degree: to the point of being a character. A rebel. An oddball. An impatient drug addict with a tendency to fly off the handle. And even though he was a rude c**t on the phone, in a world saturated by boring musicians, I love his unpredictability.

Perhaps Gillespie’s most celebrated outburst is his 2005 display at the Glastonbury Festival. According to reports, Primal Scream were called in at the last minute to replace Kylie Minogue. And during the show, Gillespie was said to have been “playfully abusive”. Even going as far as making Nazi salutes, and saying “we’re a punk rock band and you’re a bunch of fucking hippies” to the crowd. Hysterically, when ex-Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield started up a Stone Roses bass line, and the crowd cheered, Gillespie added “Do you want to hear the Stone Roses? Well you should have been here fifteen years ago, you lazy bastards” and “Coldplay are the reason Radiohead are so miserable.” The band were eventually forcibly removed from the stage, after blasting through a reportedly fierce set. Asked afterwards why he’d behaved like such a nutter, Gillespie replied, “Some fucking hippy stole all my ale.” All in a night’s work.

Click here to watch Bobby Gillespie and Mani being

interviewed at Glastonbury 2005, pre-outburst.

On June 7, a few weeks before my scheduled and rescheduled, and eventually aborted interview, Gillespie did a phone interview with UK DJ and TV personality Lauren Laverne that ended with him shouting “mind your own fucking business”, and slamming the phone down on her. The guy’s a kook. An Iggy Pop-like whirlwind persona. A genuine rock ‘n roller.

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By all accounts, Beautiful Future is Primal Scream’s take on a pop album. It’s softer, and more straightforward than usual, yet still straddles genres without a care in the world, and has that distinct Primal Scream, driving bass guitar, we’re-gonna-have-a-good-time-tonight-no-matter-what sound. It’s by no means their best work, and there’s only one track that really jumped out at me: track one, “Beautiful Future” – and that went on too long. I quite like the single though.

Primal Scream are no fools. They’ve been in the game long enough to spot the talent. And production on Beautiful Future was handled by Björn Yttling, of Peter, Björn and John fame, and Paul Epworth, who produced Bloc Party’s 2004 classic, Silent Alarm. Which gives the album a washy modern sound, yet still maintains the fuzzy rock, bass heavy, Gillespie purging sound of old.

It’s an album that’s going to fly over a bunch of young peoples’ heads, but for the die hards, Beautiful Future is a solid effort that won’t dissapoint. I can’t really see myself popping it back in the CD player anytime soon though.

6/10

I’ve been holding off writing this for several days as I just didn’t feel I had yet to give the new Primal Scream disc a fair shot.  It usually takes a few listens to get the vibe of the disc.  Today it hit me why I haven’t connected to it…the tracks I like are deep into the album. 

That first track loses steam with me.  They should have hidden that one somewhere.  I think “Can’t Look Back” sets a much better tone for a PS album.  When I have this in the player I am energized and ready for more, but when I start out with track one I am instantly bored. 

Then after you start to get into it you’re once again pulled down by “Uptown” and “The Glory Of Love.”   Yes, both tunes are poppy, but they drag.  Gillespie & crew can get by with that when they write techno tracks and add some bass to the lower end.  Not enough bass (or something) to pull it off.  Not to say a proper remix wouldn’t fix the problem.  I’ve yet to hear a ‘Scream song that couldn’t be remixed to perfection.

Tracks 5-8 are sublime & pure ‘Scream fun.  But guess what happens on track 9.  They sneak in “The Glory of Love” and I didn’t care for it the first time around.  The song reminds me of something U2 would do.  Need I say more?

So let’s just leave it at this…Beautiful Future is a spotty Primal Scream experiment with moments of bliss mixed about.  I’m not disappointed in the overall content or direction.  There are some great tracks.  And I can’t wait to find some recent live boots to check out how their latest shows sound with the new songs.  But I would advise interested parties to use this alternative tracklisting for the best results:
2.  Can’t Go Back            
5.  Suicide Bomb             
6.  Zombie Man                             
7.  Beautiful Summer                            
8.  I Love To Hurt (You Love To Be Hurt)                           
10. Necro Hex Blues                                      
12. Urban Guerrilla                              
13. Time Of The Assassins

Yikes…this is their 9th album.

Primal Scream’s newest album, Beautiful Future, comes out today. Previously, the band has dabbled in everything from Acid House to British Punk Rock. If you haven’t listened to Primal Scream before, and enjoy The Jesus and the Mary Chain, I’d reccomend giving them a listen.

I’ll be honest, I haven’t gotten a chance to listen to the new album yet, but it’s sure to be interesting. Tell us what you think.

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Vai ter toque (meio) brasileiro no novo álbum da banda Primal Scream, que vai ser lançado no dia 21 de julho no Reino Unido. A vocalista Lovefoxx, do multinacional Cansei de Ser Sexy, participa da faixa “I Love to Hurt (You Love to Be Hurt)”, do nono disco do grupo escocês, “Beautiful Future”.

O álbum também vai contar com a participação de Josh Homme, do Queens of the Stone Age, na canção “Necro Hex Blues”, e da lendária cantora folk britânica Linda Thompson, em “Over and Over”.

“Beautiful Future” é lançado 17 anos depois que a banda estourou com seu terceiro álbum, “Screamadelica”. A produção do novo disco fica a cargo de Björn Yttling (Peter, Bjorn & John) e de Paul Epworth, que já trabalhou com Bloc Party e The Futureheads. De acordo com a própria banda, “Beautiful Future” aposta no soul, no eletro, em riffs de rock e no britpop - tudo com o “toque especial do Scream”.

O primeiro single do novo álbum, “Can’t Go Back”, foi lançado no dia 4 de julho e já teve um clipe (meio esquisito e um tanto misógino, como classificaram alguns críticos) divulgado. Você pode ouvir a música no site oficial da banda e assistir ao vídeo aqui.

No site do Primal Scream também está disponível para download gratuito a faixa extra “Urban Guerrilla”. A canção é um cover da banda britânica Hawkwind e não estará em “Beautiful People”.

Lo ammetto, nonostante i Primal Scream facciano musica da più di un quarto di secolo, non mi ci ero mai addentrata con attenzione. Avevo gli immancabili Screamadelica e Vanishing Point nell’i-ipod ma non conoscevo che una piccola parte del loro sound e non sapevo cosa aspettarmi dal nuovo Beautiful Future (uscirà il 18 luglio). Poi quando mi sono messa ad ascoltare la loro discografia completa ho capito che poco sarebbe cambiato: anche conoscendo tutti gli album non sai mai cosa succederà col prossimo. Non sapevo nemmeno cosa aspettarmi da un’intervista con Bobby Gillespie. Allo showcase della scorsa settimana l’avevo visto cantare e muoversi sul palco con fare un po’ scazzato, ho pensato fosse uno di poche e scortesi parole. Ma il mio fallibilissimo intuito non mi ha tradita nemmeno stavolta, nel senso che ha fallito di nuovo e Bobby Gillespie è stato un gentilissimo chiacchierone con due fantastiche basette.  Si è parlato un po’ di tutto: l’etichetta di drogati sfinitoni che il suo gruppo non riesce a scrollarsi di dosso, la mancanza di cultura che, a detta sua, sta rovinando la nuova generazione britannica; si è parlato di politica e pure della malattia dell’amore, che più ci fa male e più ne vogliamo. Il giorno dopo li ho rivisti suonare per la serata conclusiva del Meltdown Festival insieme agli MC5 (o ciò che rimane di loro); non penso sia stato uno show memorabile ma senzaltro divertente. Non sazia, il giorno successivo incontro per puro caso Gillespie a una mostra d’arte nella West End mentre come una deficente mi trovavo a canticchiare l’arpeggio di chitarra di Beautiful Summer (una delle preferite del nuovo album). Non so nemmeno perché fossi andata alla Whitecube Gallery, probabilmente per il titolo allettante della mostra: If Hitler Would Have Been a Hippy, How Happy Would We Be (fantastica, by the way). Dopo sbattere uno contro l’altro e qualche interminabile istante imbarazzo, Bobby sorride e mi porta sparato verso un pezzo esposto alla mostra e tutto entusiasta mi spiega cosa l’avesse colpito tanto. Ok, messaggio ricevuto, non oserò mai più ignorare la loro musica altrimenti sarò perseguitata! Il nuovo Beautiful Future è un bel pop-rock, poi dentro ci sono anche mille altre influenze ma non si tratta di un disco esclusivamente per stoner. Non sarà rock blues come il precedente Riot City Blues, che diciamolo, era un bel copiaticcio degli Stones e non avrà nemmeno i suoni elettronici o house di quello ancora precedente. Non posso dire altro perché ho firmato l’embargo e non vorrei mi venissero a prendere con l’elicottero non appena posto questo blog. Però che mi è piaciuto lo posso dire? Ciao Bobby, ci vediamo domani. (anzi domenica prossima visto che suoneranno ancora per il Festival di Hop Farm nel Kent e io sarò in prima fila in trepitante attesa dello zio Nello Giovane). 

‘Urban Guerilla’, a cover of a Hawkwind track, is not on the album but provides a taster for the feel of the record.

Los escoceses Primal Scream están a punto de sacar un nuevo álbum, que se llamará Beautiful Future, y para celebrarlo, podemos escuchar un nuevo single de la banda en su Myspace. El tema se llama Can’t Go Back y es su carta de presentación para su nuevo Beautiful Future.

El álbum cuenta con la producción de Peter, Björn & John’s Björn Yttling y Paul Epworth en algunas de sus canciones y pronto lo tendremos para hablar de él.

vía | Stereogum

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Pues sí, amigos de Galaxia Sonora, contento y feliz como una lombríz me he pueto hoy cuando he visto como una de mis bandas favoritas saca nuevo disco a finales de Julio. Más concretamente el día 21. Beautiful future, ese es el positivista título del nuevo disco que tendrá como primer single el tema “Can’t go back”. Además el disco contará con diversas colaboraciones como en el tema “You love to be hurt” con Josh Homme, el guitarrista de Queens of Stone Age o como en el tema “Over and over” donde Bobby GIllespie interpreta un duo con la leyenda del folk Linda Thompson. Hay que ver…que lejos quedan ya esas colaboraciones con Kate Moss…

Y para aquellos afortunados que puedan verles en directo, decirles que les tendremos en el Summercase el día 18 en Barcelona y el día 19 en Madrid.