Christmas Ought to Be Better.

Everyone is enjoying the lovely food downstairs while I'm up here lying in bed. I have a headache and no appetite. I wish I could trade my body in for one that works better.

I'll take this time to discuss, and by discuss I mean post cool videos by, a very grooving band.

Primal Scream.

Primal Scream is an interesting band for me in particular. They are the bridge between my two very favourite genres of music; 90's Brit-Pop and Noise/Psychedelic/Rock (I never know how to explain it. Genres have become so complex.). The thing about Primal Scream is they do not limit themselves to any genre. They've certainly evolved. Screamadelica (right) won the Mercury Music Prize in 1992 and is their most popular album. I mean even before I knew Primal Scream, I knew this image. It was a strange thing always seeing it and ignoring it. Anyhow I listened to Screamadelica hoping to fall in love and I was completely thrown off by the beats and the sampling. I already had an idea of what they would sound like and house/techno/gospel was not to be considered. Eventually the album grew on me and I adore its unique character.

I read a review on Pitchfork for their latest album Beautiful Future and found this quote from Stuart Berman was strangely accurate.

"Taken as a whole, Primal Scream's scattershot, trend-spotting discography doesn't so much represent a search for new sounds as a search for the best drugs: ecstasy (1991's epochal acid-house address Screamadelica), weed (1997's dubtronic odyssey Vanishing Point), speed (2000's explosive XTRMNTR), coke (2002's totally wired Evil Heat)..."

Here is a little insight into Primal Scream's evolution.

The Beginning

The Height of Success

Later on

I could have kicked myself for missing them when they were touring around me around a year or two ago. Now I'll have to wait and hope they'll tour again sooner than later