Come Ahead

PRIMAL SCREAM Got Their Rocks Off (Again) At Their Life-Celebrating Jamboree In The Netherlands

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14 June 2025

PRIMAL SCREAM was conceived in Scotland in 1982. That’s a looooong time ago. And it was a highly turbulent journey with good to sublime albums (with 1991’s Screamadelica as their magnum opus), chaotic gigs, and human drama (guitarist Robert Young passed away in 2014, only 49 and keyboardist Martin Duffy died in 2022 after a fatal fall at his home).

As of today, frontman/lyricist Bobby Gillespie and guitarist Andrew Innis (both 63 now) are the only original members, with awesome bassist Simone Marie Butler (since 2013) and relentless drummer Darrin Mooney (since 1997) as longtime additions.

Last November The Scream released their 12th, critically acclaimed LP,
named Come Ahead (with Gillespie‘s young father on the cover).

NME said: “Personal and political, Bobby Gillespie and co’s David Holmes-assisted first album in eight years wants us to dance our way to justice… ‘Come Ahead’ may have a whole lot of funk on its surface but still packs oodles of punk and grenades of protest in its trunk.” Score 4/5.

New album, new tour.

The band is in my Top-5 of best live ones for a very long time now, so when they
landed in The Netherlands, in the cozy city of Utrecht last Monday, I was upfront for
another spiritual Primal Scream gathering.

Yes, that’s what a PS concert is all about. It’s an euphoric and uplifting celebration of
life (oh yeah, just look around, hug your beloved family and friends, it’s not like if all in
our tormented world is shit), a festive jamboree for your heart, soul and vocal cords. Screamdelica‘s highlights Don’t Fight It Feel It, Movin’ Up, Loaded, as Come Together are
the emotive exponents of the exuberant mindset throughout the night.

The fact that a full orchestra is up there, including two soul-powered voices and a sultry saxophonist, shows the group’s determination to walk it like they talk it and give the people an all-in sonic gospel-like treatment.

The album’s singles Ready To Go Home, Love Insurrrection and The Centre Cannot Hold, fitted the fervent flow just perfectly. A couple of other newbies were integrated, but of course everybody went berserk when the aforementioned e-tastic highlights and 24 Carat firecrackers Rocks, Jailbird, Medication, and Country Girl made the sweaty venue shake to its foundations. What can I say. There’s no such thing as an expiration date for The Scream. Not on record, not on stage. Hail hail!

An idea of the live Scream spirit

SETLIST

1. Don’t Fight It, Feel It
2. Love Insurrection
3. Jailbird
4. Ready to Go Home
5. Deep Dark Waters
6. Medication
7. Innocent Money
8. Heal Yourself
9. I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have
10. Love Ain’t Enough
11. The Centre Cannot Hold
12. Loaded
13. Swastika Eyes
14. Movin’ on Up
15. Country Girl

Encore:

16. Melancholy Man
17. Come Together
18. Rocks

COME AHEAD


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5 New Sonic Injections To Start WEEK 47

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Week 47
18-24 Nov
2024


(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

Band: PRIMAL SCREAM
Who: Veteran stars with Scottish
roots, fronted by Bobby Gillespie.

Track: THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD
Highlight form their new,
so-so LP Come Ahead.

The Scream on a roll.


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Band: VELOURIAS
Who: Hefty Irish trio fusing alternative rock, post-punk, indie,
and hardcore, what results is a striking, robust sound and an
unforgettablenergy inside and out of the studio.

Track: TAXIDERMISTI
Cut from their upcoming debut
album that’ll land next year.

All cylinders and burns on,
amps and guitars up.
This is a towering slice
of roasting rock ‘n’ roll
fueled with fiery vocals.

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Band: THE FARM
Who: Pre-Britpop veterans from
Liverpool (1983–1996, 2004–present)

Track: FOREVER AND EVER
Their first new music in 30 years!

Hooton (frontman): “I knew I had to match the infectious nature
of the music, so went for lyrics that aim straight between the eyes.
I went for the timeless theme of everlasting love. It’s about
love, obsession and infatuation.”

Effervescent vibes.

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Artist: THE HARPOONIST
Who: Known to family, friends and hardcore fans as Shawn Hall.
A harpoon/harmonica/harp virtuoso with a couple of decades in
the hardcore blues-based rock and roll trenches, from Canada.

Track: HEARTBREAK AUTOBAHN
From his brand new sultry album
Did We Come Here To Dance.

Razzle-dazzle groove.
Bone-chilling voice.
Buzzy harmonica flashes.

Zappy tune.

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Artist: 070 SHAKE
Who: The musical moniker of American
hip-pop-hop artist Danielle Balbuena.

Track: WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME
Stand-out piece from her new LP
Petrichor.

Motorik and hypnotic jam.
There’s nothing wrong
with 070 Shake.


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PRIMAL SCREAM Share New Doomsday Track ‘DEEP DARK WATERS’ From Forthcoming 12th LP

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New striking strokes

2 September 2024

Rock-pop legends PRIMAL SCREAM announced
the birth of their 12th LP, their first in 8 years.

They named it COME AHEAD and will share it with the world on November 8.
It’ll contain 11 new tracks, and is set to see songwriter, vocalist and frontman
Bobby Gillespie deliver some of his most personal and emotionally-open work
of his career. Pre-order info here.


Album artwork- – photograph of Gillespie’s father

With DEEP DARK WATERS we get a 3rd preview.

A reflective song accentuating the horrendous terror and
deadly consequences of war. It’s a poignant pop tune with
clear-cut lyrics.

Doomsday is waiting around the corner.

Gangsters in uniform
Praying for the coming storm
Judeo-Christian soldiers
Waiting for the orders

WATCH/LISTEN

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PRIMAL SCREAM Launch First Album In 8 Years ‘COME AHEAD’ In November – Hear Funky First Single ‘ LOVE INSURRECTION’ Here

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

19 July 2024

Rock-pop legendsPRIMAL SCREAM have great news for their fans (like
me, for years). They canned their 12 full length, their first in 8 years.

They named it COME AHEAD and will share it with the world on November 8.
It’ll contain 11 new tracks, and is set to see songwriter, vocalist and frontman
Bobby Gillespie deliver some of his most personal and emotionally-open work
of his career. Pre-order info here.


(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

Gillespie: “I’m very excited about this album in a way that you would be making your first record. If there was an overall theme to ‘Come Ahead’ it might be one of conflict, whether
inner or outer.There is also a thread of compassion running through the album. The title
is a Glaswegian term. If someone threatens to fight you, you say, ‘Come Ahead!’

It’s redolent of the indomitable spirit of the Glaswegian, and the album itself shares that aggressive attitude and confidence. They have a word for this up there, gallus. ‘Come Ahead’
is quite a cheeky title too. There is a message of hope in the record. But it’s tempered with
an acceptance of the worst side of human nature.”

The artwork to the album was created using a photograph of the frontman’s late father, Robert Gillespie Senior, taken by Turner Prize-nominated artist Jim Lambie. It was chosen as he remains deeply respected for his lifelong commitment to campaigning for social justice, and themes of class run through ‘Come Ahead’

The first single LOVE INSURRECTION is a funky affair, with Freak Le Chic
guitars, lots of Shaft Theme strings and flute, and a groovy chorus.

Go ahead!


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