The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy

Psychocandy is the debut studio album by The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in November 1985. Over just six weeks of recording, siblings Jim and William Reid and their band mixed harsh feedback, echo-drenched guitars and drum machine-like spontaneity with buried melodies and a ghostly pop sensibility. The result is an album that sounds at once abrasive, beautiful and defiantly lo-fi, with songs like Just Like Honey, Never Understand and You Trip Me Up navigating the boundary between melody and noise.

This record influenced entire generations of alternative and shoegaze artists. Its combination of “bubblegum pop drowned in feedback” (as critics describe it) carved out a new space in rock music where fuzz, ambience and simplicity could coexist. Psychocandy’s mythic status comes not just from its sound but from the audacity it displayed in making noise not a hindrance but a core part of the song structure.

In celebration of 40 years of one of the most important and watershed albums of all time, Third Man Records is humbled to announce our partnership with The Jesus and Mary Chain and the re-release of Psychocandy pressed on glorious black vinyl with a limited run pressed on hot honey vinyl.

Packaged in a single pocket sleeve using the original artwork including the printed inner sleeve.

Cut by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering using super high definition 192khz transfers of the original 1985 mix and featuring the classic JAMC line-up of Jim Reid, William Reid, Douglas Hart and Bobby Gillespie.

Newly remastered audio - black vinyl pressing.