17 February 2025
Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2015 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Band: SPIRITUALIZED
Who: Musical project of English psych-rock artist Jason
Pierce who was in Spacemen 3 from 1982-1991.
Albums: 9 (so far).
Album artwork
Album: Amazing Grace
5th one
Track: LORD LET IT RAIN ON ME
Spiritual splendour.
14 December 2024
(photo by Turn Up The Volume)
And you do, Jason.
12 January 2024
Photo by Turn Up The Volume
How old are you, Jason?
19 November 2023
JASON PIERCE was born in Rugby, England on 19 November 1965.
Happy 58 to the psychedelic soul artist who started his career with fellow
space cowboy Sonic Boom in Spacemen 3 (1982-1991) and then went on his
solo crusade with the Spiritualized moniker.
So far Pierce released 9 studio LPs with Spiritualized. Last year’s Everything Was Beautiful is the most recent one. He not only fabricates spellbinding longplayers, Spiritualized concerts are magical events, as I’ve witnessed 3 times before.
Sonic spiritualism in motion.
PICTURE THIS
Spiritualized – Paradiso Club, Amsterdam – 2015.
photos by Turn Up The Volume
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re floating in space
Psychedelic gospel
And the next song is, eh…
This was not a gig, it was a spiritual experience
EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL
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Spiritualized: Instagram – Bio – Discography
Turn Up The Volume was there and took shots
SPIRITUALIZED – 30 Maart 2015 – Paradiso Club, Amsterdam
Mastermind Jason Pierce at the far right of the stage in trance
Nobody in the middle
And the next song is, eh,…
Psychedelic gospel
This was not a gig, it was a spiritual experience
Here’s an idea of Spiritualized hypnotic live dynamics.
SPIRITUALIZED: Bio – Discography – Instagram
Best heart-and-soul touching reveries of 2022
All Together on Spotify
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Song by Song
(photo byTurn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 6 June 2022)
1. ‘Come Back’ by SHARON VAN ETTEN
Album: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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(Photo By Turn Up The Volume – Amsterdam, 15 October 2022)
2. ‘All The Good Times’ by ANGEL OLSEN (St. Louis, Missouri)
Album: Big Time
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3.’Change’ by BIG THIEF (Brooklyn, New York)
Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe You
4. ‘The Epidemiologist’ by PETER DOHERTY & FREDERIC LO (UK/France)
Album: The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime
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5. ‘Gospel At The Night Club’ by ASHLEY McBRYDE
Album: Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville
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6. ‘Stay’ by KAT KOAN (Berlin)
Album: Cocoon
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7. ‘Train Comes Through’ by EZRA FURMAN (Chicago, US)
Album: All Of Us Flames
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8. ‘Story To Tell’ by RYAN THOMAS SMELLE (Canada)
Album: In The Homestretch
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9. ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ by YEAH YEAH YEAHS (New York City)
Album: Cool It Down
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10. ‘Firmament’ by DIM GRAY (Oslo, Norway)
Album: Firmament
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(Photo by Andy Foster)
11. ‘I Wish That I Could Sing It For You’ by NICOLAS ROWE (Columbus, Ohio)
Album: The Circle Remains Unbroken
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Album: The Other Side Of Make-Believe
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13. ‘Arkansas’ by THE TRUSTED (Southend-on-Sea, UK)
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14.’Save Me’ by WAITING FOR SMITH (UK)
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15. ‘Life And Lies’ by LEE ROGERS (Northern Ireland)
Album: Gameblood
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(Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 8 April 2022)
16. ‘I Love You’ by FONTAINES D.C. (Dublin, Ireland)
Album: Skinty Fia
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17. ‘Amber’ by SERJ TANKIAN (from Systems Of A Dawn) and SEVAK AMROYAN
Sung in Armenian
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(Photo by Jeremy McGuire)
18. ‘Christmas In October’ by MIKE & THE NERVE (Gainesville, FL)
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19. ‘Wasting’ by FERNA (US)
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(Photo by Turn Up The Volume)
20. ‘Always Together With You’ by SPIRITUALIZED (UK)
Jason Pierce‘s orchestra
Album: Everything Was Beautiful
(photo by Turn Up The Volume!)
He’s not the first to say that writing pop-ular songs is easy.
23 April 2022
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Band: SPIRITUALIZED
Who: The space/soul/psych band of former
Spacemen 3 member Jason Pierce
Active: Since 1990 / 9 studio LPs
New album: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL
Released: 21 April 2022
Order info: here
Pitchfork says: “J Spaceman’s latest opus is gloriously satisfying and self-referential, refining his orchestral space rock with alchemical power… You could take issue with Spiritualized for sticking so closely to the blueprint they inaugurated more than 30 years ago. But the band always felt built for repetition and refinement, a cosmic home for Jason Pierce to grow comfortably old, away from an ever-changing musical world. And if Everything Was Beautiful calls back to Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, it does so in a way that suggests that the fires are still burning, only slightly dimmed by the passing of time. Everything Was Beautiful is like meeting an old friend and finding new shared memories, the nostalgia not yet worn thin. It’s another glorious argument in favor of getting high on your own supply.” Full review here Score: 7.8/10.
Turn Up The Volume: Jason Pierce operates in his same sonic cocoon for years now, making and recording (9) albums, from good to awesome (Lazer Guided Melodies / Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space). This new one falls somewhere in the middle. Familiar (Let It Bleed / Always Together With You / Crazy) and hypnotizing (Best Thing You Never Had / The A Song)
Singles/clips: Always Together With You / The mainline Song – The Lockdown Song
– ALWAYS TOGETHER WITH YOU –
A gospel-like epic symphony.
-THE MAINLINE SONG / THE LOCKDOWN SONG –
Psych-Kraut-pop at its Pierce best.
Stream full LP here on Spotify…
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SPIRITUALIZED: All Albums – Facebook
Daily electricity to load your batteries
8 March 2022
(photo by Turn Up The Volume)
Band: SPIRITUALIZED
Who: The space/soul/psych band of former
Spacemen 3 member Jason Pierce
Active: Since 1990 / 9 studio LPs
New album: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL
Out: 25 February 2022
Order info: here
New single: The Mainline Song / The Lockdown Song
Partly inspired by the protests happening in the US
towards the end of the first Lockdown in 2020.
An evocative jam. Psych-Kraut-pop at its Jason Pierce best.
SPIRITUALIZED: Facebook
Great concert posters of the past
RADIOHEAD
SPIRITUALIZED
Bayou Place, Houston
1998
