Everything Was Beautiful
Jason Pierce is back with another Spiritualized record, despite assuring us that 2018's "And Nothing Hurt" could be the last. Thankfully, this one's his best in ages, recalling the gospel-blues bombast of 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space".
There's a whimsical tone to "Everything Was Beautiful" that sounds as if Pierce is looking back at his estimable catalogue and trying to reconcile his successes. At its best, this new album sounds like a he's holding a mirror to the past: orchestral opener 'Always Together With You' could be a "Ladies and Gentlemen..." demo or B-side, and 'The Mainline Song' literally references Spiritualized's earlier moniker. But this isn't a bad thing by any means, the album feels like a more definite, more invigorated statement than its predecessor. It's as if with time to consider the past, Pierce has been prompted to look more clearly into the future.
Pierce plays 16 different instruments on the album, and employed over 30 musicians and singers, including his daughter Poppy. It was prompted by a period of isolation that Pierce admits he'd been "in training for" his whole life - after solitude, he knew he had to expand the sound beyond the songs in his head. The result is an album that sounds as expansive as Spiritualized gets, fully wall-of-sound material that's live sounding and choral. Anyone who saw the band in their peak years knows that this free-wheeling mentality is when they're at their best, so rediscovering this fertile musical ground on spidery rollers like 'Best Thing You Never Had' and the synth-augmented 'The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)' feels like having an old friend back.
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Jason Pierce is back with another Spiritualized record, despite assuring us that 2018's "And Nothing Hurt" could be the last. Thankfully, this one's his best in ages, recalling the gospel-blues bombast of 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space".
There's a whimsical tone to "Everything Was Beautiful" that sounds as if Pierce is looking back at his estimable catalogue and trying to reconcile his successes. At its best, this new album sounds like a he's holding a mirror to the past: orchestral opener 'Always Together With You' could be a "Ladies and Gentlemen..." demo or B-side, and 'The Mainline Song' literally references Spiritualized's earlier moniker. But this isn't a bad thing by any means, the album feels like a more definite, more invigorated statement than its predecessor. It's as if with time to consider the past, Pierce has been prompted to look more clearly into the future.
Pierce plays 16 different instruments on the album, and employed over 30 musicians and singers, including his daughter Poppy. It was prompted by a period of isolation that Pierce admits he'd been "in training for" his whole life - after solitude, he knew he had to expand the sound beyond the songs in his head. The result is an album that sounds as expansive as Spiritualized gets, fully wall-of-sound material that's live sounding and choral. Anyone who saw the band in their peak years knows that this free-wheeling mentality is when they're at their best, so rediscovering this fertile musical ground on spidery rollers like 'Best Thing You Never Had' and the synth-augmented 'The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)' feels like having an old friend back.
Jason Pierce is back with another Spiritualized record, despite assuring us that 2018's "And Nothing Hurt" could be the last. Thankfully, this one's his best in ages, recalling the gospel-blues bombast of 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space".
There's a whimsical tone to "Everything Was Beautiful" that sounds as if Pierce is looking back at his estimable catalogue and trying to reconcile his successes. At its best, this new album sounds like a he's holding a mirror to the past: orchestral opener 'Always Together With You' could be a "Ladies and Gentlemen..." demo or B-side, and 'The Mainline Song' literally references Spiritualized's earlier moniker. But this isn't a bad thing by any means, the album feels like a more definite, more invigorated statement than its predecessor. It's as if with time to consider the past, Pierce has been prompted to look more clearly into the future.
Pierce plays 16 different instruments on the album, and employed over 30 musicians and singers, including his daughter Poppy. It was prompted by a period of isolation that Pierce admits he'd been "in training for" his whole life - after solitude, he knew he had to expand the sound beyond the songs in his head. The result is an album that sounds as expansive as Spiritualized gets, fully wall-of-sound material that's live sounding and choral. Anyone who saw the band in their peak years knows that this free-wheeling mentality is when they're at their best, so rediscovering this fertile musical ground on spidery rollers like 'Best Thing You Never Had' and the synth-augmented 'The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)' feels like having an old friend back.
Jason Pierce is back with another Spiritualized record, despite assuring us that 2018's "And Nothing Hurt" could be the last. Thankfully, this one's his best in ages, recalling the gospel-blues bombast of 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space".
There's a whimsical tone to "Everything Was Beautiful" that sounds as if Pierce is looking back at his estimable catalogue and trying to reconcile his successes. At its best, this new album sounds like a he's holding a mirror to the past: orchestral opener 'Always Together With You' could be a "Ladies and Gentlemen..." demo or B-side, and 'The Mainline Song' literally references Spiritualized's earlier moniker. But this isn't a bad thing by any means, the album feels like a more definite, more invigorated statement than its predecessor. It's as if with time to consider the past, Pierce has been prompted to look more clearly into the future.
Pierce plays 16 different instruments on the album, and employed over 30 musicians and singers, including his daughter Poppy. It was prompted by a period of isolation that Pierce admits he'd been "in training for" his whole life - after solitude, he knew he had to expand the sound beyond the songs in his head. The result is an album that sounds as expansive as Spiritualized gets, fully wall-of-sound material that's live sounding and choral. Anyone who saw the band in their peak years knows that this free-wheeling mentality is when they're at their best, so rediscovering this fertile musical ground on spidery rollers like 'Best Thing You Never Had' and the synth-augmented 'The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)' feels like having an old friend back.
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Jason Pierce is back with another Spiritualized record, despite assuring us that 2018's "And Nothing Hurt" could be the last. Thankfully, this one's his best in ages, recalling the gospel-blues bombast of 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space".
There's a whimsical tone to "Everything Was Beautiful" that sounds as if Pierce is looking back at his estimable catalogue and trying to reconcile his successes. At its best, this new album sounds like a he's holding a mirror to the past: orchestral opener 'Always Together With You' could be a "Ladies and Gentlemen..." demo or B-side, and 'The Mainline Song' literally references Spiritualized's earlier moniker. But this isn't a bad thing by any means, the album feels like a more definite, more invigorated statement than its predecessor. It's as if with time to consider the past, Pierce has been prompted to look more clearly into the future.
Pierce plays 16 different instruments on the album, and employed over 30 musicians and singers, including his daughter Poppy. It was prompted by a period of isolation that Pierce admits he'd been "in training for" his whole life - after solitude, he knew he had to expand the sound beyond the songs in his head. The result is an album that sounds as expansive as Spiritualized gets, fully wall-of-sound material that's live sounding and choral. Anyone who saw the band in their peak years knows that this free-wheeling mentality is when they're at their best, so rediscovering this fertile musical ground on spidery rollers like 'Best Thing You Never Had' and the synth-augmented 'The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)' feels like having an old friend back.
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Jason Pierce is back with another Spiritualized record, despite assuring us that 2018's "And Nothing Hurt" could be the last. Thankfully, this one's his best in ages, recalling the gospel-blues bombast of 1997's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space".
There's a whimsical tone to "Everything Was Beautiful" that sounds as if Pierce is looking back at his estimable catalogue and trying to reconcile his successes. At its best, this new album sounds like a he's holding a mirror to the past: orchestral opener 'Always Together With You' could be a "Ladies and Gentlemen..." demo or B-side, and 'The Mainline Song' literally references Spiritualized's earlier moniker. But this isn't a bad thing by any means, the album feels like a more definite, more invigorated statement than its predecessor. It's as if with time to consider the past, Pierce has been prompted to look more clearly into the future.
Pierce plays 16 different instruments on the album, and employed over 30 musicians and singers, including his daughter Poppy. It was prompted by a period of isolation that Pierce admits he'd been "in training for" his whole life - after solitude, he knew he had to expand the sound beyond the songs in his head. The result is an album that sounds as expansive as Spiritualized gets, fully wall-of-sound material that's live sounding and choral. Anyone who saw the band in their peak years knows that this free-wheeling mentality is when they're at their best, so rediscovering this fertile musical ground on spidery rollers like 'Best Thing You Never Had' and the synth-augmented 'The A Song (Laid in Your Arms)' feels like having an old friend back.