Spiritualized - Everything Was BeautifulDuring lockdown last year, J Spaceman would walk through an empty Roman London where the world was full of birdsong and strangeness, trying to make sense of all the music playing in his head at the time. The mixers and mixes of his new record werent working out yet. Spaceman plays 16 different instruments on Everything Was Beautiful which was put down at 11 different studios, as well as at his home. He also employed more than 30 musicians and singers

the crooked joyful Type Slowly and the lo-fi poet punk of Embassy Row

perfectly crafted

“I am a cloud in the sun’s light/Whatever I do

The release date is Friday 24th July 2020

to commence work on serenitatem

This classic album is Tropicalia‰۪s manifesto - a fantastical fusing of psychedelic rock and pop

and even the newfound neo-hippie political consciousness

collaborations

Remastered Version

and a welcome strangeness

where the loss of a loved one is felt more deeply because they can't be found in photographs and compounded by the suspicion that you caused their absence

utilizing a recently rediscovered Wire lyric from 1977