{"product_id":"the-brian-jonestown-massacre-methodrone-black-vinyl","title":"The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone (Black Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to vinyl as a two-LP edition of the group’s expansive 1995 debut album. Stretching beyond seventy minutes, the record introduced the hazy, immersive sound that would become central to the band’s identity while documenting Anton Newcombe and company at the beginning of a remarkably prolific run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMethodrone\u003c\/em\u003e is steeped in the sound of effects, delay and overdriven atmosphere. Its reference points include the repetitive force of Loop, the narcotic drift of Spacemen 3, the guitar density of My Bloody Valentine and the damaged pop instincts of The Jesus and Mary Chain. Yet the album is more than a collage of influences. Across fourteen tracks, The Brian Jonestown Massacre turn those ideas into a distinct language of their own: layers of guitar blur, restrained melodies, persistent rhythms and vocals that seem to emerge from within the mix rather than sit cleanly above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Evergreen” opens the album with a slow-building sense of scale, while “Wisdom,” “Crushed” and “That Girl Suicide” move between shoegaze weight, psychedelic rock and understated songcraft. Tracks such as “Everyone Says,” “She Made Me” and “Hyperventilation” deepen the dreamlike atmosphere, and the later stretch of “Records,” “I Love You,” “End of the Day,” “Outback” and “She’s Gone” shows how confidently the band could sustain mood over a long running time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the first full-length Brian Jonestown Massacre statement, \u003cem\u003eMethodrone\u003c\/em\u003e remains an important document of the mid-1990s American psychedelic underground. It captures a group absorbing the possibilities of British shoegaze, space rock and noise pop while already developing the restless creative character that would define their later catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis double-vinyl edition gives the album the space its length and layered production require. It is an essential entry point for listeners exploring the band for the first time and a welcome return for collectors looking to revisit the deep, reverberant beginnings of one of modern psychedelia’s most enduring and unpredictable groups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58395625685366,"sku":"AUK008LP","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/AUK008LP.webp?v=1785860512","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/the-brian-jonestown-massacre-methodrone-black-vinyl","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}