“Last August, while kids with cars sped past my claustrophobic apartment blasting a bass-heavy "Hot in Herre", I was zoned on caffeine and couldn't stop listening to *Darklands*. Somehow, during an otherwise cheerful humidity, the Jesus & Mary Chain's rain-soaked, starry nightshade emerged as my summer jam; its timeless songwriting, vintage atmospherics, anthropomorphic feedback, and shut-eye-dream”