Spiritualized return to form with another stellar release.
'Everything Was Beautiful' continues the Vonnegut brother-sister pairing and does so with another helping of beautiful, intergalactic rock. Following up from 2018's 'And Nothing Hurt', the band's signature sound that we all know from their classic 'Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space' (1997) is refined again to an immaculately produced 44 minutes of euphoric soundscapes and subtle ballads.
From the trademark opener, ‘Always Together With You’, Pierce and co. set themselves a very high watermark for the rest of the album. Highlights include ‘Let It Bleed (For Iggy) with its spacious and graceful melodies, and the near ten-minute closer, ‘I’m Coming Home Again’ which is the band's strongest closing track since ‘Cop Shoot Cop’.
This is a brilliant redefinition of the sounds of Spiritualized and is the complete package as it is a concise, heartfelt expression of the classic rock influences of the band, but also the fundamentals of just what gives the band their musical edge.
‘Everything Was Beautiful’ and ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space’ are both available in the Store now.
Spiritualized play VIVID LIVE and Dark Mojo this June. Be sure to catch them if you can.