Jim Reid once described the relationship between himself and his brother William during the first performance of 1998's disastrous The Jesus and Mary Chain: I actually tried it. I mean, he's a master of dry understatement, but when he said that listeners shouldn't expect “Mary Chain to be jazz'' on his first new record in seven years, he meant this. I may have underestimated the work a little. If East Kilbride's last record, Damage and Joy, felt a little empty, there was a reason for that. Many of its tracks were recycled from Reed's solo projects over the next two decades. Glasgow Eyes, on the other hand, feels like a foray into something new, even though it celebrates the 40th anniversary of his seminal debut Psychocandy. This album has a bit of Reed's anarchic spirit, allowing him to wander down strange stylistic paths. Driving krautrock-derived rhythms are one of his recurring themes (“Mediterranean It seems that they are also expanding into areas that incorporate. The lead single “jamcod” and, at intervals, the closer “Hey Lou Reid” also have hints of Kraftwerk and Suicide. There's a strange mistake – opener 'Venal Joy Fast' is the most pub-rock primal scream, but the excitement of the new song 'Glasgow Eyes' and 'Like the Eagles and the Beatles, this band is a songwriting style It looks like we've tapped a rich new vein, and based on this evidence, here are 40.