The first thing I noticed about the video for "Mood Rider" is how well Jim Reid has aged out of the public eye. How very un-Scottish of him, especially for a rock star. His youthful looks aside this is the first look at the revived Mary Chain outside of the lyric videos that have accompanied their previous singles. It's typically downbeat, with shaky cam, and flashing lights, the usual visual style of this un-visual band.
What I find most surprising is how comfortably "Mood Rider" fits with today’s indie scene. Of course its better that the Jesus and Mary Chain try and be themselves again rather than listening to upstarts who have only listened to Psychocandy once, copied the attitude and fluffed the music. The band, sound both timeless and out of time, such are the results of an indie scene that has lacked definition for the last four or five years. Still, they fit like a glove, sounding confident and looking obtaining cool through a pair of sunglasses, making the Jesus and Mary Chain feel relevant to themselves again rather than chasing it.
