Listening to
Jehnny Beth’s collaborative album
Utopian Ashes is to hear both artists as never before – a Scottish-French union that, in its exploration of classic male-female dynamic sees Gillespie channel the emotional articulacy of the 70s songwriters he loves and finds Beth confronted with a newfound revelation of melody. If you like the sad country soul of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris’s
Grievous Angel and
We Go Together, you’ll like this. And that’s not the algorithm talking.
Taking the guise of a fictional relationship, these songs of experience, teased by the gorgeous, sweeping
Remember We Were Lovers, are a push-pull of contrasting perspectives across love, loss, disconnection and redemption, with Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes on guitar, Martin Duffy on piano and Darrin Mooney on drums, while Jehnny Beth’s musical partner Johnny Hostile features on bass. Time and time again, we’re reminded that emotional music often reflects on things that, in wha
Bobby Gillespie: âMy superpower? To destroy the class system in the UK.â Photograph: Getty Images
Bobby Gillespie: âMy superpower? To destroy the class system in the UK.â Photograph: Getty Images
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Born in Glasgow, Bobby Gillespie, 58, founded Primal Scream in 1982. The bandâs third album, Screamadelica, won the 1992 Mercury music prize. Utopian Ashes, Gillespieâs album with Jehnny Beth, is released on 2 July; their single, Remember We Were Lovers, is out now. He lives in London with his wife, fashion stylist Katy England, and two sons.
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Primal Scream s Bobby Gillespie And Savages Jehnny Beth Share New Song Chase It Down Friday, 07 May 2021 Written by Jon Stickler
Primal Scream s Bobby Gillespie and Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth have shared a new song, Chase It Down.
The track unfolds around a rich, rousing string arrangement and marks the latest preview of the pair s upcoming collaborative LP, Utopian Ashes , due out on July 2 through Sony.
Following Remember We Were Lovers, it brings together Gillespie s Primal Scream bandmates Andrew Innes, Martin Duffy, and Darrin Mooney, with Beth s longtime partner Johnny Hostile on bass. Head below to view the accompanying atmospheric, monochrome video.