Album Review: The Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage And Joy

It was probably asking too much.

Hopes were high for the Mary Chain's first studio album in 19 years after their well-received Psychocandy anniversary shows, but Damage And Joy is a barely coherent pile-up of cliches. Whereas each previous Mary Chain album had its own direction and merits, this is a hodgepodge of elements from different eras combined and melted down into a disposable rawk goo. Hopelessly banal songs and limp performances make Damage And Joy one giant cringe. Don't remember them this way.