Spiritualized is back after six years, with a new album they're not so sure about
Spiritualized records tend to be big.
The British group's 1997 release, "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space," was a space-rock-psychedelic-gospel landmark renowned for its spaciousness. There were horns and choirs and string quartets, and recording budgets to match.
Frontman Jason Pierce, Spiritualized's leader and sole mainstay, found himself in reduced circumstances when he began work on the outfit's first album in six years, "And Nothing Hurt."
It was mostly him, alone in his London apartment with his laptop, poring over endless potential samples from his
