The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Mark Crozer Announces New Album ‘Homecoming,’ Shares ‘You and Me on the Astral Plane’
Mark Crozer has spent nearly two decades as a cornerstone of The Jesus and Mary Chain, but his latest turn feels like a total reset.
After nearly hanging it up last summer, a sudden North Star of nostalgia for his Oxford roots pulled him back into his Brooklyn home studio. The result is ‘Homecoming,’ a ten-track collection arriving April 24th on Dusty Mars Records that trades traditional guitar structures for the atmospheric layering of a bedroom producer.
Today, we’re premiering ‘You and Me on the Astral Plane,’ a track that occupies the haunted space between ‘The Head on the Door’-era Cure and the textural depth of ‘Kid A.’ It’s a “goth-pop” meditation voiced by a ghost speaking to a living partner, wrapped in loops, tribal beats, and Crozer’s trademark spectral vocals.
When asked about the album, Mark replied: “I’m really thrilled about this album. It feels like the record I’ve been trying to make since I was a teenager but could only make as a grizzled adult with many decades of life experience behind me. It explores some dark themes such as loss, declining health and dying but in a way that celebrates those experiences as normal and beautiful parts of human existence as much as it laments them.”
Despite the heavy subject matter, the track avoids pure gloom through a heavy dose of major-key sweetness and Crozer’s sharp, self-deprecating wit. When he sings, “I know that you still hate me / Pretty much all of the time / For leaving you stranded / Alone and abandoned / Believe me honey so do I,” it’s clear he’s found a way to laugh even while staring into the void. It’s the sound of a veteran artist finally arriving at the record he was always meant to make.
‘You and Me on the Astral Plane’ is out March 19th. ‘Homecoming’ follows on April 24th via Dusty Mars Records.
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