Jason Pierce and co will take new album 'Sweet Light Sweet Heart' out on the road later this year

Spiritualized have never recorded a band album. Depending on your feelings about Amazing Grace, they’ve never recorded one that’s less than great. (That one had “Hold On,” so I’m on the pro-Amazing Grace side of that particular divide.) Ever since the band formed, Jason Pierce, the only constant ...

Singer was diagnosed with long-term liver disease before recording 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light'

Since Spiritualized announced their new release Sweet Heart Sweet Light, the album cycle has already produced a great single as well as that song’s memorable, AG Rojas-directed music video. Last week, our T. Cole Rachel spoke with Spirtualized figurehead Jason Pierce about the recording process: STEREOGUM: How was the experience of mak...

Name: Spiritualized Progress Report: Jason Pierce chats about the new Spiritualized album and the perils of perfectionism. It’s easy to take for granted what an influence on popular music Jason Pierce (aka J. Spaceman) has had over the past three decades. As a member of Spacemen 3, Pierce trademarked a kind of druggy noise-psych that [...]