Spiritualized
Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
Fat Possum
2012
Rating: 8 presidential hockey sticks out of 10
Why does it feel like forever since Spiritualized put out a record, even though "Songs in A & E" came out in 2008? Is it some statement on the timelessness of their albums, or maybe I'm just full of shit? Likely both. What I do know is it's four years later, and they've released another orchestral noise pop gem in "Sweet Heart, Sweet Light." At this point I'm guessing most folks interested in Spiritualized already know what they are getting into - huge, cinematic movements backed by string sections and choruses and...listen, they're "big" goddamn songs. This album is honestly more of the same, but who is going to argue with that? It's an complete joy from the first listen, and certainly one of the best records so far this first half of 2012.
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