that's too bad about the show. the london 'follakzoid' sessions from earlier this year slay, especially "earth", and i'm stoked for an album proper
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 19 October 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
2 out of 3 attendees thought it was a good show! It just wasn't earth-shattering and there was no new material. still a bunch of surprises at least.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
Weird, I've seen the band a bunch and can't remember ever seeing Jason sitting for a show. You'd think that would leave an impression.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 October 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
Relieved to hear that he hasn't died, which is what I thought when I saw the thread had been bumped.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 19 October 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
he seems to be in fine health these days
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
shakey have you read Will's book?
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
Is it worth the while?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
Saw Spaceman 3 back around 1990 and all the (smallish) crowd were sat down for the entire set. Everyone just passed spliffs around all night. My memory is a little bit foggy but I think it was more of a Sitar Music type vibe than Revolution/Suicide. Can't remember if the band themselves were sitting.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
I haven't read Will's book. I've read that other Spacemen 3 bio, forget who the author was.
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
I would read it given the opportunity but I don't have the $$ to spend on that kind of thing
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/515TgnsEoIL._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
This one, Shakey? It's fucking great. And also makes me think Will C's book has little to add to (but I could be wrong)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
yeah that one
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
Great book.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 19 October 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
I'm reading it now, about 2/3 of the way through, just getting to the formation of Spiritualized, thoroughly enjoying it. I really didn't know much of S3's history, despite being a fan for going on 30 years now, so I don't know how much is really new or revelatory here for someone more familiar, but he's a very good writer and storyteller. The chapters don't necessarily flow naturally from one to the next which gives me the sense that they were written at least to some extent as separate pieces over time and assembled into book form later, but I don't find that that detracts from it at all.
So I can't say if it's worth the while if you're looking for new insights into the band and its other members (it is for me), but definitely worth the while as a document of one person's experience in that scene at that time.
― early rejecter, Thursday, 19 October 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
I've got both books but not read the Morse one in years. Will's book is great though. A lot of fun to read. It can be funny and harrowing at times
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Thursday, 19 October 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
I feel like the Morse book is as good as can be expected, what w Jason not cooperating at all
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
(My post above was in ref. to Will's book if that wasn't clear.) xxp
― early rejecter, Thursday, 19 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
it's funny how Sonic has turned out to be the one much more concerned about their legacy/rep. Jason doesn't seem to give a shit at all. That joint statement that came out last year about that reissue dispute was the first time I can recall him ever being involved w/anything Spacemen 3 related.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
shakey did you see spectrum and sonic do that Spacemen 2 show in SF like....dunno, 15 years ago or something? I didn't, always kind of regretted it.
― akm, Thursday, 19 October 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
no but my bandmate did and he has a signed poster from it framed in our practice space
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 October 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
official Fucked Up Inside on CD: https://www.discogs.com/Spiritualized-Fucked-Up-Inside/release/11198690
The Glass Redux CD marks the first commercially distributed UK release on Compact Disc; faithfully re-creating the original sleeve design, the guitar effects pedals embossed and silver foil blocked it is now presented for the first time in a fold out gatefold card wallet.
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 December 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
er, reissue i mean
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 December 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
you know what i mean, you can read
pic.twitter.com/FpacqVtBl5— Spiritualized® (@officialSpzd) June 2, 2018
― groovypanda, Saturday, 2 June 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
A Perfect Miracle
New album (finally)?
― groovypanda, Saturday, 2 June 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
ha
came to post this
there's another one
pic.twitter.com/qIt7hh7jUw— Spiritualized® (@officialSpzd) June 3, 2018
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 4 June 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
The second one says "I'm Your Man" apparently. I wonder if we're getting a whole tracklist this way?
― brain (krakow), Monday, 4 June 2018 08:25 (five years ago) link
i hope it's a Wham! cover
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Monday, 4 June 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
george michael and andrew ridgeley were very much the j spaceman and sonic boom of the pop charts so it would be a fitting tribute
― and TOWERS MONACO as 'seaman' (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 4 June 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
― brain (krakow), Monday, June 4, 2018 10:25 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Good lord I hope not.
Stoked for new Spiritualized, but all this feels very "hi dere A&R how do i shot an album release in 2018 of I know do something daft"
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 June 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
of=oh
it'd be cool if he included these little morse code sounds in the songs in some subtle way
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 4 June 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJWCfGj8Jk
― koogs, Monday, 4 June 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
yeah these long cryptic rollouts suck. just give us a single and a release date J
― Simon H., Monday, 4 June 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
Nice idea ∞. I don't mind a little bit of mysterious build-up, especially if it ends up fitting into some kind of concept and/or aesthetic for the album.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 4 June 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
they erased all their tweets and instagram posts and redid everything in this orange thing, so i wouldn't be surprised if it's part of a new album art/aesthetic j's going for
i guess he's had enough of the drug references?
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 4 June 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
Spiritualized without the drug references is a contradiction in terms, no?
― brain (krakow), Monday, 4 June 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Another one today, which is this song:https://youtu.be/BqeRA6ZbywU
― groovypanda, Monday, 4 June 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Two new songs out on streaming services, Album's out on Sept. 7th. Both songs are pretty nice and typically lush, crystalline production, though "A Perfect Miracle" is awfully close to a retread of "Ladies and Gentlemen..."'s title track.
― Simon H., Monday, 11 June 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
wow that is a very classic rock-y guitar solo on I'm Your Man
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 June 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
‘And Nothing Hurt’ was recorded by Pierce alone in his London home. In a press release, he said: “Making this record on my own sent me more mad than anything I’ve done before. We’d been playing these big shows and I really wanted to capture that sound we were making but, without the funds to do, I had to find a way to work within the constraints of what money I had. So I bought a laptop and made it all in a little room in my house.”
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
that's insane
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 June 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
and a bit of a bummer
but then he's always been pretty open about plowing whatever money he's made back into the band so maybe not that surprising that he's not a millionaire
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 June 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
I would not have guessed these were pure solo recordings!
― Simon H., Monday, 11 June 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
Though on closer listen there do seem to be a lot more synthesized elements than usual.
― Simon H., Monday, 11 June 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
eh, pretty he's not playing drums or those horns
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 June 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
This is what happens when I listen on my shitty work headphones.
The fact that he couldn't do it up how he normally would really is a bummer.
― Simon H., Monday, 11 June 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
pretty SURE
I meant to say
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
oh he also said this
The biggest thing for me was to try to make it sound like a studio session. There are bits that I went to a studio to record – mainly drums and percussion. I mean, there’s no way I’m going to get timpani up my stairs. When I came to terms with how I was going to make the record, I assumed it was going to sound like Lee Perry – all flying in from different angles; all extraordinary and not hi-tech in construction. But I was new to it all, I didn’t have all the short cuts people use when they’re making records – I just sat there for weeks… for months… moving every level up bit by bit just to try to get the sounds right.
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link