Formed out of the ashes of the sadly missed Spacemen 3, Spiritualized have consistently made music that epitomises the phrase 'Junkie Cool'. Amazing songs about life, death, love, sex, drugs and the big guy upstairs. Live they are incredible and could have anything from a small horn section to a full orchestra to back them up, and a pretty cool light show too.
To date Spiritualized have released six studio albums. The best known and most critically acclaimed of these was 1997's 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space', which NME magazine made their Album of the Year. In October and December 2009 the band performed the album live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.
More recently, frontman J Spaceman (AKA Jason Pierce) is "living in the studio" working on a new album that is set for release in the autumn. Little is known about the forthcoming new album, however, the band played some new material at various live shows over the past 3 years but which could feature on the new record. Pierce also revealed that on this album he will "embrace" more poppy songs. He also said that the album is partly inspired by the experiences of performing 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space' live in its entirety.
Spiritualized have announced the following UK show:
October 5th - Leamington Spa Assembly
October 6th - Edinburgh Queen's Hall
October 7th - Dublin Vicar Street
October 8th - Manchester Academy
October 9th - Bristol O2 Academy
October 11th - London Royal Albert Hall (Onsale Now)
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