Artist...............: Brian Jonestown Massacre
Album................: Methodrome
Genre................: Rock Indie
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 1995
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 406 Mb
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While Brian Jonestown Massacre have since become known for their wasted Stones take on music (in any
number of permutations), when the debut album Methodrone finally surfaced after months of delay (to
the point where a side project album by ImaJinary Friends actually came out first), there was an
easy, one-word reaction: shoegazers. Redolent with the spirit of such high priests of effects and
delay as Loop, Spaceman 3, and My Bloody Valentine, not to mention a fair dollop of the Jesus and
Mary Chain (sample song titles: "That Girl Suicide," "Hyperventilation," "She's Gone"), Methodrone
clearly is the sum of its influences. Thankfully BJM does a very solid job with them throughout the
album's course of over 70 minutes. Anton Newcombe favors breathy, sighing vocals over post-Jagger
drawls, understandably ("Crushed" is as perfect an example of American Anglo singing as it gets),
while the seven other rotating bandmembers whip up a good amount of machine-like chugging and rave-up
bliss as they go. Part of the reason why it all works so well is Newcombe's impressive abilities to
actually perform rather than pose. "Wisdom," for instance, isn't very complex, but it successfully
creates a psychedelic haze. While assembled from a variety of different sessions and about seven
different engineers, Methodrone feels like a unified collection. Newcombe is due further credit for
ensuring that his own particular (if second-hand) vision is carried throughout. The album closes on a
spectacular high, with the wafting feedback prettiness of "Outback" followed by the majestic drone of
"She's Gone," armed with a stunning guitar line, then wrapping up with an untitled bonus track that
assuredly builds to a strong end with quirky touches. Though the band never returned to this sound in
full, Newcombe and BJM as a whole have nothing to be ashamed of here.
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Tracklist
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01. Evergreen
02. Wisdom
03. Crushed
04. That Girl Suicide
05. Wasted
06. Everyone Says
07. Short Wave
08. She Made Me
09. Hyperventilation
10. Records
11. I Love You
12. End of the Day
13. Outback
14. She's Gone
15. <not listed>
