We're shifting towards summer. It won't get dark intil half past nine tonight. I've finished my tea and washed up the plates and now I'm listening to Side Four of Pure Phase by Spiritualised a double album from 1995.
I've had this record for a number of years, but I've never listened to it in iy's entirety until now. This is the way it should be listened to. The way it makes best sense. I'm fortunate in being able to crank up the volume pretty much as high as I wish. That's exactly what I've done. .
It's a great recird. It still sounds very much like the future even though it also makes clear which elements of Rock & Roll's past it most reveres; Stones, MC5, Kraftwerk, Neu! The Velvet Underground, The Stooges. Gospel and Soul. It almost sounds like a classical record in terms of its ambition and grace. 2001. It aims for the stars. Effortless. .
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