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Gig Review

Spiritualized
London - Rough Trade East

Article written by James S - May 27, 2008

Spiritualized's Jason Pierce

When I last saw Spiritualized almost exactly a year ago, it was in the vast confines of the Auditori at Primavera on a gorgeous Spanish evening. Jason Pierce was accompanied by a string quartet and some gospel singers for a blissful set of acoustic numbers. Tonight’s just a little bit different. We’re in the relatively tiny confines of Rough Trade East – and it’s pissing down outside.

What’s more, it’s loud. Really fucking loud at times. Brandishing a guitar, shades and his trademark ‘but I washed it last month’ hair, Pierce leads a proper rock and roll band once more after his Acoustic Mainline sojourn. The only thing that remains is the gospel singers.

Oh, and the bloody great songs of course. An opening blast of Lord Let It Rain On Me sets the tone straight away in a set showcasing tracks from the fabulously-titled new album ‘Songs In A&E’. Current single Soul On Fire is suitably anthemic, whilst the sublimely haunting Death Take Your Fiddle opens with the line “I think I’ll drink myself into a coma” delivered in Pierce’s trademark deadpan way over shimmering guitar.

Baby I’m Just A Fool suddenly catches you unawares with its uncharacteristically jaunty “doo-doo-doo” chorus rendering it almost cheerful (well, as cheerful as Spiritualized get anyway) before You Lie You Cheat unleashes a raging torrent of guitar noise that’s so loud I’m forced to put my earphones in for the first time ever at a gig to try and limit the damage.

And then, after 40 all-too-brief but brilliant minutes, they’re gone. At the post-show signing session, Pierce looks relaxed and amiable. Given his quietly spoken demeanour and the set he’d just played, whether anyone could’ve heard him though is another matter.

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http://www.spiritualized.com