Sweet Heart Sweet Light

Item: Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Rating: 7
Author: rollingstone

Spiritualized (2011)

7.0/ 10

“As spectacularly as any modern band, Spiritualized resolve the rift between Sixties psychedelia and Seventies punk backlash, with focused melodies and pummeled grooves that spin into rainbow hued infinity. See "Headin' forthe Top Now," a cosmic grinder from their seventh LP, which splits the difference between"Helter Skelter" and "Tomorrow Never Knows." Jason Pierce (a.k.a. Jason […]”

As spectacularly as any modern band, Spiritualized resolve the rift between Sixties psychedelia and Seventies punk backlash, with focused melodies and pummeled grooves that spin into rainbow hued infinity. See "Headin' forthe Top Now," a cosmic grinder from their seventh LP, which splits the difference between"Helter Skelter" and "Tomorrow Never Knows." Jason Pierce (a.k.a. Jason Spaceman) has his usual giant rock orchestra representing. But on songs like the acid-funk "I Am What I Am," co-written with Dr. John, he shows he can scale back with equal power, making lush sounds for lean times.

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Other reviews of Sweet Heart Sweet Light

metacritic

8.1

aoty

8.0

ben

It’s not floating in space but it’s very very good

9.0

fantano

While it's not as psychedelic as more acclaimed Spiritualized albums, Sweet Heart Sweet Light delivers a solid set of songs that return to the band's best old school ideas, and refines the more straightforward tracks that have been featured on recent releases.

8.0

pitchfork

Spiritualized's best album since the defining 1997 monument Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space is not so much a drastic transformation as much as an acute refinement, and it also happens to be the most uplifting album of Jason Pierce's career.

8.8