THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN

Damage And Joy

Can it really be almost 19 years since the pride of East Kilbride, aka brothers Jim and

William Reid, last gifted us with their blissed-out brand of pop noise? Forced to step up their game after touring their classic debut Psychocandy, they’ve made an ebullient follow-up to 1998’s Munki. The hard-bitten, world-weary stances struck in All Things Pass and the swaggering Facing Up To The Facts offer few surprises. But who needs them from a band who have perfected their own unmatchable slice of rock ’n’ roll heaven?