Somewhere in Utah

Sasha Frere Jones nails Spiritualized®: “It is close to impossible to make rock music this epic while maintaining the sense that a single, fragile individual exists at the center of the storm. Somehow, Pierce and his band did, avoiding the pompous while achieving a whole lot of big.”

From the solar fuzz and narcotic blitz of ‘Lay Back in the Sun’ and Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space to the reverb-drenched Delta rock and blues of ‘Lord Can You Hear Me’ and Amazing Grace, Jason Pierce has crafted one of the most emotional discographies on record: these are cinematic songs of escape, compulsion, and redemption.

On Friday, Spiritualized® will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall to perform Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space in its entirety with an orchestra and choir. Man, I would love to go. More info.

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Spiritualized® - Feel So Sad (Rhapsodies)
from Feel So Sad. Dedicated, 1991 | buy mp3s
A quiet and sprawling reprise.

And if you haven’t heard one of the best songs ever, here’s “Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space”:

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