Brothers William and Jim Reid return with their second album since reforming as The Jesus and Mary Chain in 2007. The brothers go back to their roots with most of the album recorded at Mogwai’s studio in Glasgow. The album is a mixture of guitars and electronics that add tension and groove in equal measure. First track “Venal Joy” comes in with much distortion and dissonance to start but is let down with the lyrics, “I’m on fire/piss on fire/don’t piss on fire”.
Glasgow Eyes is often dominated by the darker synths that underpins several songs. “Discotheque” takes the listener into the darkest corners of the club and “Silver Strings” is more downtempo with lower growl vocal register of William, it’s just a cool sounding song. This is the sound that carries much of the album through the middle section of the nearly 50 minute album.
To contrast, first single “Jamcod” sounds like the band’s classic sound with synths lying below the surface as Jim sings about the band’s original breakup on stage in the late 90s – “J-A-M-C-O-D”. “The Eagles and The Beatles” is a catchy track on the bands they grew up listening to – “I’ve been rolling with the Stones/Mick and Keith and Brian Jones”. “Second of June” immediately has a brighter guitar sound that harkens back to the Stone & Dethroned album era of the mid 90s. The simple name check of their own band adds some swagger into the mix on an album that sees the Reid’s continue their leather jacket, sunglasses and floppy hair explorations into their 60s.
7/10
The Light Appears 
Thanks for introducing me to this song; it’s got a great vibe. I’ve heard the name of the band before but am not familiar with their work.
I would say their first two albums are classics + the single “Just Like Honey” being arguably their best song.