Just what are Primal Scream up to?

didn't like it.

Why don't they just give up?

sorry.

They'd fuck off and shut up.

and not that blues rock shite they've been peddling recently

and it's shit (and I'm a very disappointed fan)

"I Love To Hurt (You Love To Be Hurt)"?
Bleurgh. You used to mean something.

wasn't that long ago - or at least I keep trying to tell myself that while slapping on the anti wrinkle cream ;)

and that was good.

BOMB BOMB! BOMB THE - er, Rise! Rise!

loads of bits in other bands songs post xtrmntr that are direct robs/'heavily influnced by''s....reckon its been more influential than perhaps given credit for...dunno though, and i s'pose primal scream are the kings of that themselves....

everything since has been godawful x

not Dirty Heat, but that sounds kinda good as well. That album had it's moments, like Deep Hit Of Morning Sun, Skull X, Detroit, Scanner Darkly and that. Riot City Blues was a bit of a joke and now this new single. Fuck me it's a big big let down. Thank God they've got Screamadelica, Vanishing Point & XTRMNTR in their catalogue, 3 solid gold classics that make me remember why I loved them in the first place.

I really liked Evil Heat. I think Mani had already joined them by then, but rightly or wrongly I still blame his influence for that Riot City Blues kak.

Haven't heard the new single but from
what y'all are saying it's more of that type of pish.

albert_swearengen: best DiS name ever

do I win a prize?
Yeah he had, Mani joined 2 albums before at Vanishing Point. I reckon Bob is the one to blame for RCB what with his penchant for rock n roll cliche "high energy rock n rol MC5, New York Dolls blah de blah" - except it doesn't sound like that mate.
New single is more of an XTRMNTR/Evil Heat vibe but with all the danger and energy sucked out only to be replaced with Killers style synths and the whiff of "please let us have a hit" about it all.

That was it's name!

the days of Vanishing Point.

Linda Thompson and Josh Homme.

Single produced by Paul Epworth. Lp by Björn Yttling. Wonder how many of you would think that sounds shit if it wasn't Primal Scream??

RCB was not their best, but why not listen to the LP rather than just Country Girl and tell me it's shit. 'When the bomb drops', 'Sometimes I feel so lonely'. Both stunning.

New single's good not great (after 2 listens)

Primal Scream are still this countries greatest rock 'n roll band. Name me one better?

The Rolling Stones?

When they're left to get on with it, they tend to churn out very deriative sum of its influences pub rock. Every decent record they've made has been down to the team recording it. There are moments of sublime brilliance in their back catalogue, but I lost interest when I heard the first bars of Country Girl. Plus BG *is* a bit of a twat. That said, I bow to no man in my fondness for VP and XTRMNTR.

..but certainly consistently worth listening to and one of the greatest live bands you'll ever see. Personally I've liked every phase of their career, even the much maligned 'give out...'

very closely followed by XTRMNTR.

PS are kinda like your weird uncle - you love them bt they keep embarassing you

I love XTRMNTR, but I can't stand Screamadelica

I like Vanishing Point but I feel the urge to run away everytime I hear Rocks

for Uniqlo, the fucking prostitute. Everyone's a prostitute these days.

Electro punx, R & R shite or Trippy dance band?

rather that than being the same old same old. 25 years is a long while to be around so why not try on a few hats. I like hats. I doff mine to some of the genius sounds they've put out.

But it sounds like you know what you're talkling about.

I really love that they don't stand still, musically, but I'd love it if they made another XTRMNTR instead of the "I Heart MC5/Stooges/Rolling Stones" albums they do now and again, which fall so far short.

I wondfer how much influence Kevin Shields really had on their direction and sound on XTRMNTR and Evil Heat?

Joe - www.anewbandaday.com

i guess having spent many years 'keepin it real', not doing TOTP and all that they now feel like they are in their twilight years and want to cash in and use 'come together' in phone ads and make safe music that appeals to a wider market and who can bLAME them