When The Jesus and Mary Chain reunited nine years ago, it was both as a way to celebrate the past and the future. Immediately after getting back together in 2007, Jim and William Reid announced they would record a new album. And while that album still hasn't surfaced (it's recorded but not mixed), the pair have found ways of keeping their fans happy.
For the past year, the Scottish noise-pop act has been touring its seminal debut album, "Psychocandy," to rave reviews. Even the famously miserable Reid brothers have had their fun.
"We have enjoyed it quite a lot, actually," admits Jim Reid. "We were a bit nervous about doing it in the first place. It'd been a long time since we played some of those songs. Quite a lot of those songs we had never played live before. So it was a bit daunting at the beginning because we didn't know if it was going to work. Eventually it did, and it's been fun."
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