Blog: Listen Before You Buy

I never quite know what to say about Spiritualized . Jason Pierce (or J Spaceman), frontman of the band, has expertly sculpted out a niche for the band as the neo-psychedelic space-rockers obsessed with heartbreak and painkillers. It's become a cult of sorts. Consider "Sweet Heart Sweet Light" a perpetuation of that phenomenon. It's heavy and smooth, dense and perfectly produced. Spiritualized has created an album of epic proportions, draped in layers of symphonic melody and prolonged heartbreak. "Sweet Heart Sweet Light" seems like [...]