In all they released a trio of fine singles plus one in the Rough Trade Singles Club. The first of the trio was this, a seamless amalgam of Jesus and Mary Chain, T Rex, My Bloody Valentine and maybe even a bit of The Primitives.
The grinding but harmonious guitars are laden with syrupy drones and feedback. The rhythm section sets out a furious, driving pace and a sugary hermaphroditic vocal tops things off. The lyric is concerned with all manner of incomprehensible things like wave machines (or maybe I'm mis-hearing and it is "weight machine") and, of course, the aforementioned "phonefreak honey".
It's all topped with an awesome "na-na na-na na na" chorus and, speeding to the end under sheets of MBV guitars, it's all done in 150 seconds.
Download Sweet Jesus 'Phonefreak Honey' (shoegaze, indiepop, fuzz, JAMC, MBV) (Divshare) (mp3)
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