Spiritualized

Such sad news. Just at the point before I got Screamadelica (life-changing), I went to Knebworth and it put me right off Oasis for life, but got me into The Charlatans. And of course Duffy was a huge part of that, stepping in for the late Rob Collins. I’ve read some truly lovely tributes, he’ll be h...

Lovely writing. I listened to both the album version and the Royal Albert Hall live album version today after reading your excellent piece. That spiralling trumpet in the midst of all the chaos, then the bass thump bursting through it all, is one of my favourite moments in music.

@sharmadelica - that was a clarinet! THANK YOU! I could hear him playing when I arrived and went the wrong way to the bar instead of to the venue, and I was certain it was a saxophone until I saw him! I don’t know if he’s been the support act on other shows in this tour, but he was a very welcome a...

Here are my thoughts from last night, in no particular order: - I loved it. My 17th time seeing Spiritualized, the most I’ve seen any act by far. - I’m glad that I looked up setlists beforehand so I knew not to expect many old songs. Not that I wouldn’t have loved to hear them, but it meant I could ...

I’ll be driving through from Edinburgh this evening. The show has almost snuck up on me, but suddenly I’m all butterflies and unable to concentrate on work, just like the previous 16 times I’ve seen them!

I’ve loved reading everyone’s takes on EWB. I’m in line with most other people here: I love it. Not in a “it’s Spiritualized, he could burp into a microphone for 45 minutes and I’d say it was good” way. In a genuine, this has all the elements of Spiritualized that I love (especially the epic bits) w...

I’m always excited about new Spiritualized material, obviously. But oh my goodness, “The Mainline Song” has turned that excitement up to 11. A brilliant development of one of the Kenzo pieces that Jason did (that I hope get a physical release one day). I particularly love the way he sings “the city ...

It reminds me a bit of “Intervention” by Arcade Fire. But much, much better. I am a David Holmes devotee, and I’m so thrilled with his current musical direction. “Hope Is The Last Thing To Die” was immense, and so is this. The remixes of “Hope” were terrific too. I really hope there’s an album on th...

The Liminanas & Laurent Garnier - De Pelicula (surprised this wasn't picked up on around here). Argh, I missed this off my list. It’s absolutely terrific. I’d never heard of the Limiñanas but I read a review of David Holmes’ fantastic single “Hope Is The Last Thing To Die” which mentioned them ...

For once, I don’t have a stand-out album of the year. Some absolute crackers though: SAULT (that’s five out of five amazing albums in less than 3 years) Little Simz Cleo Sol (all three of the above produced by Inflo, who must be some kind of genius) Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders serpentwithfeet ...

Glasgow SWG3, here it comes (the road, let’s go). I love that venue too, all three parts of it - the yard, the hall and the warehouse. I’m guessing it will be in the warehouse? Outside in the yard would be spectacular!

BZA - apologies for posting in here, but as I’m a new user I can’t reply to your lovely PM! When I get that privilege, I will reply properly. It’s really lovely to be back on here though, especially at a time of such excitement!

I can’t get into my old account, One Asian Under A Groove, and I don’t have access to the old email address anymore to reset the password, so here I am under my usual online alter-ego to join in with the glee at the announcement of the new album! I am one of those obsessives who has ordered one of e...