SPIRITUALIZED - SONGS IN A AND E (LIMITED EDITION 2LP)Price: $24.99Category: Music, Vinyl, Standard Vinyl. SKU: LDS7325 Availability: * All specified ship dates are estimates |
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Spiritualized Songs In A & E on Limited Edition 2LP Set The release of Spiritualized's previous studio album, Amazing Grace was followed by a lengthy period of touring that was unfortunately curtailed by a serious illness which struck main man J. Spaceman. The time spent in intensive care interrupted the writing and recording of this follow-up record, 2008's Songs In A & E. What certainly seemed like a setback instead served as inspiration for this 18-track opus. More than two years in the making, Songs In A & E is now available here on Limited Edition Double Vinyl. "Pierce has never seemed so in control of his aesthetic, rather than controlled by it like some sort of drone-rock fetishist. The props dropped here are super obvious, and meant to be so, whether to Daniel Johnston with the "Funeral Home" refrain or to Kris Kristofferson with a quotation from "Me & Bobby McGee". Prior releases each had enjoyable but indulgent bliss-out tracks that went on a long time, but on A&E the out sounds are distilled into six miniature numbered tracks each called "Harmony". These serve as a glue holding the album together, and while they're "spacey," their brevity keeps the record on solid terrestrial ground. The other songs are vessels for contrasting ideas: la-la melodies vs. wah-wah guitar, strings vs. brass, country licks vs. Free Design-style vocals, and simple structures vs. lush arrangements." --Mike McGonical, Pitchfork, June 3, 2008 |
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