{"id":52874,"date":"2012-04-16T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=52874"},"modified":"2012-04-16T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:56:02","slug":"skivrecension-spiritualized-sweet-heart-sweet-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=52874","title":{"rendered":"Skivrecension: Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spiritualized
\nNytt album: Sweet Heart Sweet Light
\nBetyg 4
\nRelease: 16 April<\/p>\n

Jason Piece alias Spiritualized<\/a> har haft olika epoker – och vi kan aldrig vara helt s\u00e4kra p\u00e5 vad hans n\u00e4sta album ska ha f\u00f6r inriktning. Han har haft tunga, \u00e5ngestfyllda perioder med inte s\u00e4rskilt l\u00e4ttlyssnad progressiv rock och han har haft religi\u00f6sa perioder med vackra gospels\u00e5nger. Fast vad han \u00e4n sl\u00e4pper ifr\u00e5n sig finns det en k\u00e4rna som g\u00f6r att vi k\u00e4nner att det \u00e4r Spiritualized. K\u00e4nner \u00e4r nog r\u00e4tt ord, f\u00f6r Spiritualizeds musik talar till alla k\u00e4nslor.<\/p>\n

Hans sjunde studioalbum ”Sweet Heart Sweet Light” sammanfattar p\u00e5 n\u00e5got s\u00e4tt alla hans epoker. Pressmeddelandet ber\u00e4ttar att tiden sedan det kritikerrosade albumet \u201dSongs In A&E\u201d fr\u00e5n 2008 varit kantrat av sv\u00e5righeter. \u00c5terh\u00e4mtningen efter en dubbelsidig lunginflammation 2005 var en l\u00e5ng process, ett f\u00f6rlopp Spaceman skildrade p\u00e5 \u201dSongs In A&E\u201d. V\u00e4gen tillbaka l\u00e4t honom dock inte bara sl\u00e4ppa det ovan n\u00e4mnda albumet, utan m\u00f6jliggjorde ocks\u00e5 en v\u00e4rldsturn\u00e9 d\u00e4r Spiritualized framf\u00f6rde det om\u00e5ttligt hyllade \u201dLadies And Gentlemen\u2026 We Are Floating In Space\u201d p\u00e5 b\u00e5da sidor Atlanten. Inte l\u00e5ngt d\u00e4refter, efter att inspelningen av \u201dSweet Heart Sweet Light\u201d var f\u00e4rdigst\u00e4lld, insjuknade Spaceman igen. Sjukdomen som l\u00e4mnade honom hemmabunden i \u00f6ver 6 m\u00e5nader spenderade Spaceman med att mixa det nyinspelade materialet.<\/p>\n

Resultatet \u00e4r en skiva som k\u00e4nns v\u00e4ldigt mycket Jason Piece, med en blandning av alla hans stilar, d\u00e4r \u00e4r spacemusik, proggrock, psykedeliskt, brittpop, blues och gospelslingor. Det k\u00e4nns som en skiva d\u00e4r vi kommern\u00e4rmare honom eftersom l\u00e5tarna \u00e4r inte s\u00e5 i detalj genomorkestrerade och de kvinnliga soulbakr\u00f6sterna \u00e4r inte lika betonade som i de senaste albumen.<\/p>\n

Washington Post skriver om albumet<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing here that comes close to popcorn music \u2014 Pierce doesn\u2019t do popcorn music \u2014 but by Spiritualized standards, \u201cSweet Heart\u201d is almost accessible. Songs come in at reasonable lengths, and although most don\u2019t have hooks, they\u2019re almost conventionally structured, and anchored in way that keep them from floating off into the ether.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey Jane\u201d is eight-plus minutes of wobbly organ and a pinballing beat; it\u2019s one of only a few songs that don\u2019t make reference to Pierce\u2019s health problems (which include double pneumonia and liver disease). \u201cSometimes I wish that I was dead,\u201d he croons on the rollicking roots-rock-meets-space-opera \u201cLittle Girl,\u201d because \u201conly the living can feel the pain.\u201d And that\u2019s one of the happy songs. \u201cI Am What I Am\u201d represents the apotheosis of Pierce\u2019s Americana aspirations. Co-written by blues legend Dr. John, it\u2019s a stunner, a gospel song for the chillout tent.<\/em><\/p>\n

L\u00e5tlistan:
\nHuh (intro)
\nHey Jane
\nLittle Girl
\nYou Get What You Deserve
\nToo Late
\nHeadin\u2019 For The Top Now
\nFreedom
\nI Am What I Am
\nMary
\nLife Is A Problem
\nSo Long You Pretty Thing<\/p>\n