There was Transvision Vamp, The Darling Buds, Voice of the Beehive, and even The Stone Roses.īut that is not entirely fair to The Primitives, because they produced a really good album, a really sparkling pop jewel with buzzsaw guitars and Tracy Tracy singing sweet lyrics that were reminiscent of another decade. Following the release of " Psychocandy", The Primitives were not the only band to catch this proverbial wave.
They were the music industries answer to that swirling music, trying to capitalize on a "sure thing". It was evident that The Primitives, also taking a page from the mid '60s, were taking a page from The Jesus & Mary Chain. It was influenced by Joy Division, as well as '60s acts like The Shangri-Las and Phil Spector acts like The Ronettes. This was the birth of noise pop and the precursor to shoegaze, a scene still strong today. But I saw The Primitives for what they were.Ī couple of years earlier, I - along with everyone else - fell in love with " Psychocandy" by The Jesus & Mary Chain, with its '60s-tinged wall-of-sound style and subdued vocals. I loved that tape, wore it out, still have it. When I got back to the States, I decided to buy their entire debut cassette, " Lovely". Then there was the single " Crash", a vibrant jangle by the British noise pop group, The Primitives. There were a few Belgian New Beat tracks, all the rave the, on there, as well as French artists like Stephan Eicher, France Gall, and Etienne Daho. Before I returned to the United States, I made a mix tape of music that was popular while I was there. It was 1988, and I was a summer exchange student in Belgium.
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