Let It Come Down

George wanted to know if I was okay. He was the first of any of them to talk to me ...

There’s little doubt now that Spiritualized’s last studio album (1997’s ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space’) was a truly extraordinary achievement.

He traded Spacemen 3's white-hot intensity for the gentler ebb and flow of Spiritualized, and took things a step further by firing the rest of the band after their greatest success, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.

The album is less a sanction for sobriety than it is a struggle to comprehend the path that leads there.

<p>Jason Pierce prays for redemption, Macy Gray turns to violence and Thea Gilmore plays prophet in this week's pop.</p>