Sinister: spiritualized

[Hunn]

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

Nice one

	SIMON
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