Spiritualized - Lazer Guided MelodiesThe first four Spiritualized records are the sound of J Spaceman finding his way through the cosmos; bumping into debris, soaring over stars, crash landing onto bleak, lonely landscapes then taking off again, sometimes spinning around uncontrollably until he finds somewhere sublime that he can rest his head for a while, until the restless soul takes flight again. Elevating the gritty, narcotic garage blues of his first band Spacemen 3 into more of a

Jet Harris and Kurt Weill no doubt contributed too

soaring over stars

an occasional electronic reggae shuffle

As a member of the Theater of Eternal Music (a

It is the band's only album to feature guitarist Dennis Stratton

a sound that is at once both dense and playful

artist Jasper Johns discovered 'South Atlantic Blues' in a cut-out bin

EELS released their 12th studio album and first in four years

With its more elaborate and nuanced yet harder- hitting sonic palette

The Trilogy features contributions from JG Thirwell

McCombs & Angel Olsen

and even after years of imitation