{"title":"Paula Mejia","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaula Mejia delves into the rich intersections of music, art, and culture, offering insightful explorations that resonate with both devotees and newcomers. Her writing captures the vibrant energy of iconic creative moments, such as the enduring influence of landmark albums and artistic movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and cultural nuance, Mejia’s work invites readers to experience the stories behind the art, uncovering the deeper narratives that shape creative expression. Her books stand as thoughtful celebrations of contemporary arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-jesus-and-mary-chains-psychocandy-by-paula-mejia-9781628929508","title":"The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Jesus and Mary Chain’s swooning debut \u003cem\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/em\u003e seared through the underground and through the pop charts, shifting the role of noise within pop music forever. Post-punk and pro-confusion, \u003cem\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/em\u003e became the sound of a generation poised on the brink of revolution, establishing Creation Records as a tastemaking entity in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Scottish band’s notorious live performances were both punishingly loud and riot-spurring, inevitably acting as socio-political commentary on tensions emergent in mid-1980s Britain. Through caustic clangs and feedback channeling the rage of the working class who’d had enough, \u003cem\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/em\u003e gestures toward the perverse pleasure in having your eardrums exploded and loudness as a politics within itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet \u003cem\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/em\u003e’s blackened candy heart centre – calling out to phantoms Candy and Honey with an unsettling charm – makes it a pop album to the core, and not unlike the sugarcoated sounds the Ronettes became famous for in the 1960s. The Jesus and Mary Chain expertly carved out a place where depravity and sweetness entwined, emerging from the isolating underground of suburban Scotland grasping the distinct sound of a generation, apathetic and uncertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe irresistible \u003cem\u003ePsychocandy\u003c\/em\u003e emerged as a clairvoyant account of struggle and sweetness that still causes us to grapple with pop music’s relation to ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428275175660,"sku":"9781628929508","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781628929508.jpg?v=1774497287"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/paula-mejia.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}