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Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:17 pm
by angelsighs
mojo filters wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:59 am
Not wanting to question Jason's artistic choices, but I wonder how much his insistence on playing the entire new album at every gig has impacted on both prior and projected ticket sales?


What's this about a random Acoustic Mainlines show, I seem to have missed that?
glad it's not just me who thinks this is a bit weird..

not sure the fact that ANH is played in full has had much impact- the shows aren't billed as such and it wouldn't really be common knowledge

the Acoustic Mainlines show is Hackney Empire 14th Sep- see this thread
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=13876

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:25 pm
by mojo filters
I see, thanks!

As a one off, I suspect the set will be exclusively made up from tracks played at the last two Union Chapel gigs. I can't justify the expense, especially with so many super high quality recordings documenting the various original Acoustic Mainlines period to listen to.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:40 pm
by angelsighs
mojo filters wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:25 pm I see, thanks!

As a one off, I suspect the set will be exclusively made up from tracks played at the last two Union Chapel gigs. I can't justify the expense, especially with so many super high quality recordings documenting the various original Acoustic Mainlines period to listen to.
agreed- he's unlikely to work up a totally new set for a one off. I have a feeling it's likely to be a similar set to last time, maybe with Here It Comes (The Road) thrown in.
I was at both the Edinburgh and Union Chapel shows, it's a high bar to beat.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:23 pm
by clewsr
I'd been thinking the same recently with regard to the relative quietness of spiritualized. Still hopefull but not optimistic of a UK tour.

I think I'll go to the accoustic mainlines gig, although I'll be disappointed if the same set list is used.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:30 pm
by BzaInSpace
angelsighs wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:38 am so believe it or not, it's now been 10 months since And Nothing Hurt came out.
we are not far off a year since it's release.. and no proper UK tour, no further videos or anything.
anyone think it's been weirdly low key?
I kinda wish they had done an extensive UK tour.

However I remain eternally glad I made it to that Glasgow show. That ecstatic feeling lasted for weeks... and even now it's a real high just thinking about it.

I always mean to post a full-on review thing about And Nothing Hurt - won't happen today but I will say that it's magnificent. I stopped listening to it for a bit as I didn't want to ruin it... but it remains a go-to for a particular kind of music high I can't get elsewhere.

What I will say is that the production levels are insane - there's so much going on in a lot of those songs, the layers of instrumentation going on is beyond. Loads of subtle (or not) effects, the louder you listen to it the more you can hear. Even on a phone with decent headphones on a slight volume adjustment brings up further layers of stuff. Truly incredible & beautiful.

I wasn't even that keen on 'A Perfect Miracle' on first hearing and now... it's just something else. Those lyrics get so dark. The insane highs and crushing lows of doomed relationships never sounded so pretty:

"My phone has been broke/And I thought that we spoke....I met someone else/you should try it yourself..." - woah. Or woe. Pretty sure the similarity with the title track of LAG... wasn't an accident - despite claims otherwise.

I vividly recall the sunny afternoon last year of picking up the orange box thing after the end of my final student placement and playing it fucking loud. My entire flat felt like it was vibrating during 'The Morning After' - it was unbelievable. I wish I hadn't listened to the completely compressed stream before the actual release but it was great to hear how dynamic the finished article actually was.

Lastly, how amazing is this version of 'The Prize'? That intro by the amazing singers should have been on the album take - head straight to 01:24:00. :shock:

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:13 pm
by mojo filters
BzaInSpace wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:30 pm
angelsighs wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:38 am so believe it or not, it's now been 10 months since And Nothing Hurt came out.
we are not far off a year since it's release.. and no proper UK tour, no further videos or anything.
anyone think it's been weirdly low key?
I kinda wish they had done an extensive UK tour.

However I remain eternally glad I made it to that Glasgow show. That ecstatic feeling lasted for weeks... and even now it's a real high just thinking about it.

I always mean to post a full-on review thing about And Nothing Hurt - won't happen today but I will say that it's magnificent. I stopped listening to it for a bit as I didn't want to ruin it... but it remains a go-to for a particular kind of music high I can't get elsewhere.

What I will say is that the production levels are insane - there's so much going on in a lot of those songs, the layers of instrumentation going on is beyond. Loads of subtle (or not) effects, the louder you listen to it the more you can hear. Even on a phone with decent headphones on a slight volume adjustment brings up further layers of stuff. Truly incredible & beautiful.

I wasn't even that keen on 'A Perfect Miracle' on first hearing and now... it's just something else. Those lyrics get so dark. The insane highs and crushing lows of doomed relationships never sounded so pretty:

"My phone has been broke/And I thought that we spoke....I met someone else/you should try it yourself..." - woah. Or woe. Pretty sure the similarity with the title track of LAG... wasn't an accident - despite claims otherwise.
Working backwards in respect of the above:

I honestly don't think A Perfect Miracle is compositionally related to Ladies And Gentlemen... apart from a similar basic structure transposed to a different key. The bare boned ukele (or is it a tense 4 string banjo?) Bach-esque descending melody is vaguely reminiscent, yet turns out quite differently.

Throughout his career, Jason has employed similar structures and simple chord sequences - the brilliance and skill that results has been in his deft use of dynamics and dense production values, bringing new and invigorated songs to life.

In respect of dense production techniques, I think that is what makes the new album so refreshing. There is far more good stuff going on in the deep weeds, compared with the previous two albums.

I think the creative depths plumbed via limitations such as those Jason encountered in not being able to avail himself of costly studio time, big budget enabled employment of large ensembles etc, is what makes ANH so refreshing. Also his new recording technique seems better-suited to taking lots of time to tweak the best from every element available at mixdown.

Rather than taking workmanlike retreads of familiar writing techniques, then adding clichéd syrupy strings and/or lots of distorted guitar parts to fill out and put meat on the proverbial bones - he's used far more original production and instrumentation to good effect, most notable in the dense midrange that only reveals itself in decent quality listening environments.

I don't recall the same subtleties I hear on ANH through my PMC monitors, revealing themselves on SH/SL or A&E. There's so many hidden depths, spread wide throughout the entire frequency spectrum, that offer up a complexity neither previous album offered.

To me the most attractive element of the ANH production, is the combination of the density last heard on LICD, plus the judicious placement of carefully orchestrated multiple key parts - with a precision I don't recall hearing since LGM and Pure Phase.

The combining of new songwriting styles with those different yet now complimentary production values, is the most interesting and exciting aspect of the new album for me.

I think Jason's careful curation of complex, detailed and crunchy parts within the mid and upper midrange elements of the frequency spectrum, brings a special new life to what on the paper musical score may not be especially interesting or new tracks.

I wish I hadn't bothered with that uber-compressed pre-release stream on NPR. I hastily ripped it to CD and was disappointed with how flat it sounded. The dynamic force present on the actual album was sorely missing.

The Glasgow gig was great. I'm now ready for a more diverse set on a comprehensive UK tour, with a local date and hopefully a couple more I can easily get to. I want to hear electric live staples like Take Your Time, which has always been my favourite live track.

Far be it from me to tell Jason how to do the music business, but it seems a little unfair that our American friends got a decent tour before the UK. Furthermore I'm not convinced that playing the new album in full at every gig, is not potentially a display of artistic stubbornness triamphing over conventional touring economics.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:21 pm
by davedecay
"10 Bands, One Cause" 2019

https://www.srcvinyl.com/spiritualized- ... nk-lp.html

Vinyl Color: Pink (LTD 1,000)

Ten Bands re-issue their albums on limited edition pink vinyl, all for one cause. This is the 5th year for the initiative that has raised over $200,000 for Gilda’s Club NYC, an organization that provides community support for both those diagnosed with cancer and their caretakers. It is named after comedian Gilda Radner, who passed away from cancer at the age of 43 in 1989.

This year’s limited pink vinyl are from John Prine, Third Eye Blind, Spiritualized, Sunn O))), Amanda Palmer, Courtney Marie Andrews, Mark Lanegan, Saves The Day, Colter Wall and Lacuna Coil. The releases will be available for purchase at retailers nationwide wherever vinyl is sold, and proceeds will sponsor Gilda’s Club NYC.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:46 am
by Dreamweapon
Any idea where we can buy these pink vinyl versions in the UK please?

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:32 pm
by rameses
Dreamweapon wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:46 am Any idea where we can buy these pink vinyl versions in the UK please?

See this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13882

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:21 am
by stegraham
I still don't understand why we haven't had a proper UK tour for this album. It's well over a year since it's release. Any rumours?

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:30 pm
by Spiby
stegraham wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:21 am I still don't understand why we haven't had a proper UK tour for this album. It's well over a year since it's release. Any rumours?
Same here. I very nearly didn't go to the Apollo gig because I'd assumed a UK electric tour would happen soon; I'm very glad I did (and equally gutted I didn't go to the Hackney show). Let's hope for a tour some time soon.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 3:20 pm
by Jasonsmith
Maybe they are waiting to see how the Brexit shambles pans out before planning a UK/European tour.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... uk-artists
:(

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:18 am
by angelsighs
It really is quite strange. Maybe something to do with management issues or something. There must be enough interest from promoters, and surely it's more cost effective to tour your home country.
Seems pretty weird that I haven't seen the band since the psych fest set a few years back. Usually I'm on top of every tour right away.
I must admit I wasn't feeling the same excitement as previous years (hence me not making the effort for the London show). But after loving the album as well as the excellent recent live bootleg I am much more keen to catch them soon.

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:49 am
by Dreamweapon
This may sound an odd question, but I'd like to get some opinions please.

I don't have and unfortunately haven't had a stereo for some time now. All my music is stored away, but I luckily have pretty much most of it ripped to my computer, and therefore this is the only way I can listen to it (apart from then burning it to random compilation CDs to listen to in the car). This is apart from the fact that due to general family circumstances it's rare that I can really have the time to do so anyway. I also can listen to music at work, but this does depend on the nature of what I have to do in any given day. This is the only real chance I have to listen to an album, rather than the odd random few songs at home or in the car.

I know this is slightly digressing, so sorry!

I have long been a fan and collector of anything Spacemen/Spz etc related (funds and availability permitting). I have bought various versions of 'And Nothing Hurt'. I have the CD, white vinyl, silver vinyl, orange vinyl box, the pink vinyl which arrived yesterday, and CD. Can't remember whether I bought the black vinyl too!

I've also bough the Sonic/No Joy pink vinyl 10" and the Wooden Shjips peanut butter vinyl of 'V'.

I don't know whether to break the shrinkwrap to look at them or keep them sealed. I know it's a bizarre question.....!

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:03 pm
by BVCP206
Dreamweapon wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:49 am This may sound an odd question, but I'd like to get some opinions please.

I don't have and unfortunately haven't had a stereo for some time now. All my music is stored away, but I luckily have pretty much most of it ripped to my computer, and therefore this is the only way I can listen to it (apart from then burning it to random compilation CDs to listen to in the car). This is apart from the fact that due to general family circumstances it's rare that I can really have the time to do so anyway. I also can listen to music at work, but this does depend on the nature of what I have to do in any given day. This is the only real chance I have to listen to an album, rather than the odd random few songs at home or in the car.
Regarding your collection I would suggest tracking down a 160gb Ipod Classic, more than enough space for most collections. I'm eternally grateful to a fellow board member for furnishing me one way back when, never looked back :D

Re: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:11 am
by nghst
Two thoughts from ANH. This was probably obvious to everyone, but the beginning of Here it Comes... has some noise that I finally decided was somebody fiddling with a radio tuner in a car and finds a station which the song then starts. And the song on the radio in her car then guides her on her way to his house. Of course this breaks down when she is led to his house and inside.

Second was while I was listening to the April 9, 2019 Chicago concert which I attended with my brother and was later able to download on dimeadozen. I just really got into I'm Your Man. I could be faithful, honest, and true... In the negative lyrics the only one that really hit me was the "permanently jaded" and that I would like to get over. I like that he changed "doing the least that he can" to "doing the best that he can."