Gillespie calls new album a 'psychedelic experiment'

Madrid, May 16 (IANS/EFE) Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream are back with "More Light", a high-energy album that erases any doubts about the direction of the Scottish band's musical career.

"We wanted to do something that we had not done before," Gillespie said in an interview with EFE.

The band seems to have succeeded, with critics hailing "More Light", a fusion of different styles, as the band's best work in a decade.

"It's a really wide-ranging and free album. It's a psychedelic experiment," Gillespie said.

The album's tracks were influenced by everything from the blues to Hindu music, as well as Eastern European music, and treat listeners to a smorgasbord of alternative rock.

"We wanted to make a powerful, radical album," Gillespie said, adding that he considered "More Light" "a great work of art".

"More Light", Primal Scream's 10th studio album, delves into such issues as domestic violence and economic problems.

Gillespie, the moving force behind "Screamadelica" (1991), said he was feeling positive right now, but he noted that he had not forgotten about the economic crisis in Europe and decided to address the issue of social injustice.

"It was time to rise up and do something more positive and open," Gillespie said.

--IANS/EFE

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