On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Matrix wrote:
Spiritualized is an offspring of Spacemen 3 led by Jason Pierce. They have released the indisputable album of the year called LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE. It is as sonically and lyrically devastating as IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER is charming and inspiring. Every song is a symphonic wonder and the record thunders with gospel choirs, orchestras, guitars and synths and the band is kick ass as well. I can't go on enough about this record. The DARK SIDE OF THE MOON of the 90's.
I have not seen them live yet but I will in a couple of weeks. It took a while for LADIES to replace IFYS as my favorite album of 1997, but it is undeniably better.
I saw them about a month ago at the UEA (Norwich) and, hand on heart, it was the best and most beautiful thing I have ever experienced in my life (21 years if anyone's interested). Although the band's regular keyboard player - the ravishing Kate Radley, alledged partner of Richard Ashcroft - was not there, the combination of strings, brass, classiccal samples, beutifully fucked-up guitars and not to mention Jason's fantastic vocals floating out amongst us fortunate enough to be there and touching our heartstrings unlike anything ever experienced before or since. They played for a full 2 hour set with not even one interlude between tracks. Jason maintained the musical bliss throughout by blending and fusing each track into each other with what seemed to be spontaneous bursts of mellow genious with his guitar. Perfection. All this was intertwined with breathtaking laser visual effects that took me into what seemed another planet in a dimension far away from the shitty reality of a cold october night in Norfolk. I was in awe of the whole thing, dumbstruck by the chaos and psychedelia thatcould have only been produced by Jason Pierce, a man who refuses to eat any form of solid food whatsoever (seriously!). Jason is well known for his indulges into the world of chemical concoctions, making Keith Richards look like Father Christmas. An earlier album release of his entitled "Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to" in his former band SPACEMEN 3 sums his philosophy nicely. Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space - brilliant, beautiful, epic, a masterpiece, perfection. I could go on and on but this IS a B&S list after all so I'm sorry if I've bored anyone with my rantings. Please buy the album though and you'll find out for yourself.
does anyone know anything about the band spiritualized? they are playing near where i live and i want to know if they're worth seeing. YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYEYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESY
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