Spiritualized "Sweet Heart, Sweet Light" new album,,

Finally - a month after the CD - the new Spiritualized record on vinyl. Nicely spread over two well pressed white vinyl 180g slices that are surprisingly quiet for the notoriously difficult white. Nice sounding too - well defined rock sound, not goosed in the mids or shaved on top to play to the audiophile grandpop crowd, just a good, natural and honest rock sound that gets better with volume.

If this is Jason Pierce's 'pop' record, I would love to hear his take on country. It invokes in places the vibe of Revolver, and the White Album, in other a bit of a Philly 80's sheen with occasional horns and strings (rather lightly employed on occasion. Hardly poppish, it's not the 90's band either. It is fairly stripped down, generally upbeat, guitar driven, song based. Pierce is a great rock singer. Band is excellent. I would say this is one of Spiritualized's finest records, the Pierce vision has evolved thoroughly from 'Floating In Space' and this is the place where Spaceman J puts it all together into a coherent statement. Highly recommended. Just love the record.