a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Michael Bonner (November 1999). "True Adventures of Primal Scream". Uncut. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008 . Retrieved 27 December 2007. Hunter, James (September 1997). "Primal Scream: Vanishing Point". Spin. Vol.13, no.6. pp.159–60 . Retrieved 11 May 2016. Trainspotting would've been a great way to end the album, but we get Long Life instead, which suffers from "Star" syndrome at first, attempting to marry clichéd, "positive" lyrics (sample: "Good to be alive/alive/alive/alive") with menacing, acid-trip grooves. Perry, Andrew (17 July 2022). "Primal Scream, Alexandra Palace Park, review: an ecstatic, life-affirming alfresco experience". The Telegraph . Retrieved 30 May 2023. Japanese album certifications – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1997年7月 on the drop-down menu

Snapes, Laura (20 December 2022). "Martin Duffy: Primal Scream and Felt keyboardist dies aged 55". the Guardian . Retrieved 20 December 2022. Riot City Blues review". Pitchforkmedia.com. 6 June 2006. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008 . Retrieved 18 July 2011. Primal Scream: Vanishing Point" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 March 2020. As Bobby Gillespie embraces fortysomething fatherhood, we might reasonably expect the Scream‘s first post-Creation album to be a reflective collection of gooey-eyed lullabies. Alternatively, it could be a seething cauldron of electro-punk anthems about Nazi-uniformed love vixens, corporate ultraviolence and apocalyptic drugsex. So which is it to be? Go on, have a guess… Burning Wheel opens the album with heavily echoed drum machines and a sampled sitar, which give way to a more improvised ambient composition, anchored by a trip-hop beat and punctuated by random layering of sounds.Then There Was a Light". Dazed and Confused. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011 . Retrieved 19 January 2007. An exemplar of musical evangelism is Bobby Gillespie; he sermonises, across many interviews, on the revolutionary potential of music with all the passion of a true believer. Yet myths were almost the undoing of his band Primal Scream. Having somehow, in what is still a staggering achievement, captured the future of music in the visionary Screamadelica (built kaleidoscopically from shards of the musical past and present – psychedelia, dub, dance, gospel, chill out etc.), the band stood on the edge of astonishing possibilities. Where would Primal Scream go after ‘Higher Than the Sun’? After a short hiatus, the band returned with a new lineup. Gary "Mani" Mounfield, fresh from the well-publicised break-up of his previous band, The Stone Roses, was added as the band's new bassist, and Paul Mulraney was added as their new drummer. The arrival of Mani revitalized the group, who were considering disbanding after the failure of Give Out. [9] The album was recorded in the band's personal studio in two months, and was mixed in another month. [9] Most of the recording was engineered by Innes, and produced by Brendan Lynch and Andrew Weatherall. Taking its name and its thematic inspiration from a cult 1971 car-chase movie, Vanishing Point was described by lead singer Bobby Gillespie at the time as a “anarcho-syndicalist speed-freak road-movie record… The music in the film is hippy music, so we thought, ‘Why not record some music that really reflects the mood of the film?’ It’s always been a favourite of the band, we love the air of paranoia and speed-freak righteousness. It’s impossible to get hold of now, which is great! It’s a pure underground film, rammed with claustrophobia.” Maine, Samantha (24 August 2018). "Primal Scream are releasing the long-lost, original recordings of 'Give Out But Don't Give Up' ". Nme.com . Retrieved 31 March 2019.

Offiziellecharts.de – Primal Scream – Vanishing Point" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 August 2020. The band scheduled a short supporting tour to take place during July. The band had to postpone the dates. This led to speculation that there were problems within the band, and that one of the members may resign. [1] The band's press agent issued a statement saying "[i]t's not a drugs thing and it's not a nervous breakdown." [1] Before the tour was scheduled to begin, Mulraney left the band and they were forced to use a drum machine. The initial dates were poorly received, but they eventually hired drummer Darrin Mooney and the gigs improved. Throughout the Vanishing Point tour Primal Scream employed the up-and-coming Asian Dub Foundation as a support act, helping them to break into the mainstream. Martin Duffy died in December 2022 at the age of 55. [31] Following his death, Duffy's son, Louie, made a statement at his father's inquest. Louie claimed that despite playing with the band for over 30 years he was paid only as if session musician. One of the most perilous assumptions in modern life is that we no longer believe in myths. The more certain we are that we are rational agents in a secular society, sophisticates long divorced from the superstitions and legends of our supposedly primitive ancestors, the more susceptible we are to their pull. The anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss was careful to define his mission not to show “how men think in myths but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.” The real studio credit for ‘Evil Heat’ belongs to ex- My Bloody Valentine visionary and semi-permanent Scream stalwart Kevin Shields. From the heady electro-delic cloud-melt of the lysergically lovely opener ‘Deep Hit Of Morning Sun’ to the deafening garage-punk snarl-up of ‘City’ and the lascivious future-blues swagger of ‘The Lord Is My Shotgun’, Shields piles on the dissonant noise collage like an orchestral conductor. And yet, unlike its scouringly angry predecessor, ‘Evil Heat’ also finds room for the Scream‘s soft, sexy and spiritual sides – like Gillespie and celebrity guest vocalist Kate Moss duetting tenderly on the Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood ballad ‘Some Velvet Morning’, or Martin Duffy closing the album with a beatific gospel confessional.

After the release of the single, Gillespie was told by The Jesus and Mary Chain leaders William and Jim Reid that he was to either dissolve Primal Scream to join their band full-time or resign. [1] [2] Gillespie chose to remain with Primal Scream. Stuart May was replaced by Paul Harte, and the group released a new single, "Crystal Crescent". Its B-side, " Velocity Girl", was released on the C86 compilation, which led to their being associated with the scene of the same name. The band strongly disliked this, Gillespie saying that other groups in that scene "can't play their instruments and they can't write songs." [1] Daly, Rhian (29 April 2022). "Primal Scream members sell 50 per cent of their song rights". NME . Retrieved 24 June 2023.

After touring Screamadelica for most of 2011, on 18 October Gary Mounfield revealed he had left the band due to the reformation of his original band The Stone Roses. [22] Debbie Googe (of My Bloody Valentine) was announced as his replacement. [23] Simone Butler would join the band as bassist in 2012.Wisdom, James P. (August 1997). "Primal Scream: Vanishing Point". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006 . Retrieved 11 May 2016. The instrumental follow-up Get Duffy is an early highlight, thanks to its seedy main piano riff and its Portishead-imitation groove, constructed from old drum machines, horns, and an eagerly abused filtered echo pedals. At the middle, it takes a darker turn, with dissonant notes and wah guitar. Recommended.