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Everything Was Beautiful

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Jason Pierce isn't an artist who reinvents the wheel with each record, but damn, the way he does what he does is incredible. Nearly 25 years after the release of the band's groundbreaking Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Pierce delivers an album opener that sounds awfully familiar: Like the title track of that old record, "Always Together With You" starts out with Pierce being tuned in as if from some distant planet, singing a sweet and simple melody. But then, wow, suddenly there is so much going on: Wall of Sound-style girl group vocals, percussion crashing like a killer ocean wave, enveloping guitars. It's like being embraced and held in place as the world spins around you. It's also incredibly romantic, with Pierce literally promising the moon: "If you want a silver moon, I would be a silver moon for you/ If you want a unicorn, I would be a unicorn for you." (Also see: a shooting star, rocket ship, galaxies and the whole universe.) "The Mainline Song" barrels in with a train's call and rolls at a vibrant, rushing pace, harmonica honking before Pierce slides in near the end to sweetly ask: "I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the city tonight?" "Best Thing You Never Had (The D Song)" travels a remarkable evolution, from a stripped-back bluesy stomp to a '60s-ish garage-psych bruiser—and then drunken, New Orleans-style horns join the part. (Those horns are just as exciting on "The A Song (Laid in Your Arms).") Alt-country singer Nikki Lane harmonizes with Pierce on countrified love song "Crazy," which features weeping pedal steel and a gospel choir that, unlike recent Spiritualized records, sounds more homegrown tent revival than raise-it-to-the-heavens cathedral music. "Let It Bleed (For Iggy)" veers between languid verses and a chorus so majestic it's almost glam, thanks to bright horns and the bass pulling like an undertow. The whole thing ends in the kind of 10-minute hypnosis that usually comes from drugs or religious rapture. Ingredients for "I'm Coming Home Again" include droning blues, chugging bass, a Stonesy choir, jazz horn skronk, searing guitar, swooning strings and a chiming bell. If that sounds a bit like the making of a jam-band epic, well, that's not so far off. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz

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1
Always Together With You
00:06:38

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

2
Best Thing You Never Had (The D Song)
00:05:52

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

3
Let It Bleed (For Iggy)
00:04:40

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

4
Crazy
00:03:52

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

5
The Mainline Song
00:05:55

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

6
The A Song (Laid In Your Arms)
00:07:07

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

7
I'm Coming Home Again
00:09:53

Spiritualized, MainArtist - Jason Pierce, Composer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher

(C) 2022 Fat Possum Records (P) 2022 Fat Possum Records

Album review

Jason Pierce isn't an artist who reinvents the wheel with each record, but damn, the way he does what he does is incredible. Nearly 25 years after the release of the band's groundbreaking Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Pierce delivers an album opener that sounds awfully familiar: Like the title track of that old record, "Always Together With You" starts out with Pierce being tuned in as if from some distant planet, singing a sweet and simple melody. But then, wow, suddenly there is so much going on: Wall of Sound-style girl group vocals, percussion crashing like a killer ocean wave, enveloping guitars. It's like being embraced and held in place as the world spins around you. It's also incredibly romantic, with Pierce literally promising the moon: "If you want a silver moon, I would be a silver moon for you/ If you want a unicorn, I would be a unicorn for you." (Also see: a shooting star, rocket ship, galaxies and the whole universe.) "The Mainline Song" barrels in with a train's call and rolls at a vibrant, rushing pace, harmonica honking before Pierce slides in near the end to sweetly ask: "I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the city tonight?" "Best Thing You Never Had (The D Song)" travels a remarkable evolution, from a stripped-back bluesy stomp to a '60s-ish garage-psych bruiser—and then drunken, New Orleans-style horns join the part. (Those horns are just as exciting on "The A Song (Laid in Your Arms).") Alt-country singer Nikki Lane harmonizes with Pierce on countrified love song "Crazy," which features weeping pedal steel and a gospel choir that, unlike recent Spiritualized records, sounds more homegrown tent revival than raise-it-to-the-heavens cathedral music. "Let It Bleed (For Iggy)" veers between languid verses and a chorus so majestic it's almost glam, thanks to bright horns and the bass pulling like an undertow. The whole thing ends in the kind of 10-minute hypnosis that usually comes from drugs or religious rapture. Ingredients for "I'm Coming Home Again" include droning blues, chugging bass, a Stonesy choir, jazz horn skronk, searing guitar, swooning strings and a chiming bell. If that sounds a bit like the making of a jam-band epic, well, that's not so far off. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz

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