Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light - 2LP

Received a 7.8 rating from Pitchfork. J. Spaceman plays 16 different instruments on Everything Was Beautiful which was put down at 11 different studios, as well as at his home. "All these layers, all these details, the year-long mixes, the making sense of it all and the lives lived within these lyrics; for somebody so famously unconfident of his own abilities, isn't this a punishing thing to keep doing? ÒYeah, but I like what I do. ThereÕs a line from Jonathan Meades thatÕs about having all the attributes to being an artist. ÔParanoia, vanity, selfishness, egotism, sycophancy, resentment, moral nullity and more idiot than idiot savant.Õ ÒAnd that's what it feels like, this kind of thing. YouÕre your own worst enemy and biggest supporter. ÒThere's a ÔOf course this is worth it. It's meÕ and then this kind of deep doubt of ÔWhat the fuck is this all about?Õ ÒAnd then ÔWhy is it important?Õ and then knowing there's no easy answer. But it's there. I know it's there.Ó