New Primal Scream
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Primal Scream ditch electronic sound They give a taste of their new direction at one-off show
During the course of the 20-song set, the band debuted six brand new songs from their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled, eighth album.
The new songs - 'Country Girl', 'Cars', 'Nitty Gritty', 'Suicide Sally', 'Bomb Drops' and 'Hole In My Heart' - confirmed rumours that the band have foregone their recent, electronically-influenced sound for a return to the straightforward rock 'n' roll of their 'Give Out But Don't Give Up' era.
The political edge of the band's 'XTRMNTR' period is still apparent however, with the lyric of 'Bomb Drops' referring to the use of Molotov cocktails.
Singer Bobby Gillespie also altered the chorus of the confrontational 'Swastika Eyes' to "American eyes".
The band covered John Lennon's similarly politicised 'Gimme Some Truth', alongside a faithful version of 13th Floor Elevators' 'Slip Inside This House' - previously reinterpreted by the Scream as an acid house track on their classic 'Screamadelica' album.
Last night's show was attended by competition winners celebrating the opening of XFM's Scottish franchise.
DJ support came from longtime Primal Scream collaborator Andrew Weatherall.
The setlist was:
'Country Girl'
'Cars'
'Jailbird'
'Shoot Speed Kill Light'
'Detroit'
'Nitty Gritty'
'Suicide Sally'
'Kill All Hippies'
'Bomb Drops'
'Hole In My Heart'
'Medication'
'Rocks'
'Kowalski'
'Swastika Eyes'
'Moving On Up'
'Slip Inside This House'
'Accelerator'
'Skull X'
'Gimme Some Truth'
'Sick City'
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This is interesting since the last interview I read about them had Bobby saying all the previous music before XTRMNTR was shite and going forward it would only be the harder electronic sound. I don't have a problem with going back to the rock n roll, as long as the hippy sound is gone. The guitar sound is great and they would include one song on the last few cds that flirted with that style. This is another cd to add to this years list of can't wait releases. We also have the new Pearl Jam that should be very good.
Posted by mardenhill 1/31/2006 09:19:00 AM
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