Spiritualized Reveal Details Of New Album 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light' & New Single 'Hey Jane'
Friday, 24 February 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
For an artist as consistent as Spiritualized’s J Spaceman, whose 7th studio album ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light’ and new single ‘Hey Jane’, will now be released on April 16th, it’s easy to assume that there’s a certain effortlessness to the creative process. In fact, the three years since the release of 2008’s acclaimed ‘Songs In A&E’ were some of the roughest imaginable for him.
After a near death from double pneumonia in 2005 it was a slow road to recovery, a process he touched upon on the last album ‘Songs In A&E.’ His return to full health saw him release this album and then mount critically lauded performances of his 1997 game-changer ‘Ladies And Gentlemen….We Are Floating In Space’ on both sides of the Atlantic and Australia. However, shortly after recording ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light’– in far flung locales such as Los Angeles, Reykjavik and Wales – J Spaceman was subjected to six months of medical treatment, a procedure that left him virtually housebound while he mixed the album.
‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light’ will undoubtedly be one of the signature releases of 2012. Spiritualized have already previewed the record live, playing it unannounced in its entirety during an uplifting show at the Royal Albert Hall on October 11th last year.
In a first for Spiritualized, J Spaceman is joined on vocals by his 11-year-old daughter Poppy Spaceman on ‘So Long You Pretty Thing’, who also wrote the opening verse. Track 8, ‘I Am What I Am', was co-written with “Mac” Rebennack, aka the inimitable Dr John.
You can pre-order ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light’ (which will be available on CD, heavyweight vinyl, digitally and on limited edition coloured vinyl, more details to follow HERE and the single ‘Hey Jane’ HERE or via iTunes HERE.
The track-listing for ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light’ is as follows:
Huh (intro)
Hey Jane
Little Girl
You Get What You Deserve
Too Late
Headin’ For The Top Now
Freedom
I Am What I Am
Mary
Life Is A Problem
So Long You Pretty Thing
Fri March 16th 2012 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Sat March 17th 2012 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Mon March 19th 2012 - Hackney Empire, London
Tue March 20th 2012 - O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford
Wed March 21st 2012 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
Thu March 22nd 2012 - O2 ABC Glasgow, Glasgow
Fri March 23rd 2012 - Mandela Hall at Belfast University, Belfast
Sat March 24th 2012 - Vicar Street, Dublin
Sun March 25th 2012 - Manchester Academy 1, Manchester
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