{"id":27385,"date":"2017-05-14T11:42:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T10:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=27385"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:33:28","slug":"new-thrills-the-primitives-release-four-track-10-single-follow-up-to-2014s-spin-o-rama-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/05\/new-thrills-the-primitives-release-four-track-10-single-follow-up-to-2014s-spin-o-rama-album\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW THRILLS – The Primitives Release Four-Track 10″ Single Follow-Up To 2014’s Spin-O-Rama Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Primitives<\/strong> are back with their first new music since 2014 album Spin-O-Rama<\/strong><\/em>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now signed to Madrid-based Elefant Records<\/strong>, the band have been riding a wave of nostalgia since their 2009 reunion.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Released ahead of upcoming UK live dates, New Thrills <\/strong><\/em>is a four-track EP, which is packaged in an appropriately retro 10” vinyl maxi-single format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead track I’ll Trust The Wind <\/strong><\/em>(see video below), bears all the typical Primitives hallmarks, merging ’60s girl group bubblegum pop, with darker influences like The Velvet Underground<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening with a burst of chiming guitars, and with a melody not unlike The Fall<\/strong>‘s C.R.E.E.P<\/strong><\/em>, it’s the sound of a band revitalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track Two Squeak ‘n’ Squawk<\/strong><\/em> shows the band’s gift for a barbed lyric as Tracy Tracy<\/strong> slaps down an annoying bigmouth: \u201cI wish that I could find the time to give less time to you”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flip over to the B-side and Oh Honey Sweet<\/strong><\/em> sees guitarist Paul Court <\/strong>taking on lead vocal duties for a sweetly crooned love song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a neat change of pace, highlighted by Tracy’s harmonies and the same jangly Byrds<\/strong>-like guitars that had the likes of Morrissey<\/strong> swooning in their ’80s heyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final offering Same Stuff<\/strong><\/em> is perhaps the most interesting of the lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening with an almost Japanese-influenced guitar sound, the song morphs into a psych-tinged, surf anthem, accented by artful time changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview<\/strong><\/a> with EP<\/strong> last year, Court indicated that The Primitives would not be releasing any more albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But could they be persuaded otherwise? Certainly New Thrills <\/strong><\/em>shows they’ve still got plenty of fresh ideas in the locker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n