December 08, 2011
Hey readers! So, like I mentioned to you yesterday, J. Spaceman’s latest Spiritualized album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, is coming out in April via Fat Possum. Like pretty much all Spiritualized endeavors, the thing took… a while. According to his press peeps, J. spent two years in Wales, L.A., and Reykjavik recording his usual be-all-end-all gesamtkunstwerk, then spent another year after that mixing it (over and over and over again, presumably) at home in his trademark sunglasses and footie pajamas. It certainly has taken dudes longer to make records that are presumably much bigger turds than this one is going to be, but I mean, still… that’s kind of a while.
But then, all this foot-dragging got me to thinking: is everything a person does just automatically taken for granted as being amazing when it takes you nine times longer than its supposed to to do things??? I think I could be on to something here, don’t you? So, with that in mind, I’m going try an experiment. I’m going to literally spend the next TWO MONTHS typing out the spring Spiritualized tourdates that coincide with this record’s release. Seriously. I’ll type a date out; go to Starbucks for a bit; come home and take the dog out; maybe write the name of the city and venue before bed; wake up the next day and delete the whole thing in a fit of artistic frustration; and repeat. By the time I’m done, you should be looking the most EPIC list of North American dates you’ve ever seen in your entire fucking life. But I’ll let you be the judge. See you guys in seven or eight weeks!
Tourdates:
03.16.12 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
03.17.12 - Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms
03.19.12 - London, UK - Hackney Empire
03.20.12 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy
03.21.12 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy
03.22.12 - Glasgow, UK - ABC
03.23.12 - Belfast, UK - Mandela Hall
03.24.12 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
03.25.12 - Manchester, UK - Academy
05.02.12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
05.03.12 - Chicago, IL - Metro
05.04.12 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theatre
05.05.12 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix
05.07.12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
05.09.12 - Boston, MA - Paradise
05-10.12 - Washington, DC - The 9:30 Club
05-11.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
05.12.12 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
05.13.12 - Atlanta, GA - The Variety Playhouse
05.15.12 - Dallas, TX - The Granada Theatre
05.16.12 - Austin, TX - Emo’s East
05.18.12 - Tucson AZ - The Rialto Theatre
05.19.12 - Phoenix AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
05.20.12 - San Diego CA - Belly Up Tavern
05.22.12 - Los Angeles CA - The Wiltern
05.23.12 - San Francisco CA - The Fillmore
05.25.12 - Portland, OR - The Wonder Ballroom
05.26.12 - Vancouver, BC - The Rickshaw Theatre
• Spiritualized: http://www.spiritualized.com
• Fat Possum: http://www.fatpossum.com
[Photo: Paul Underhill]
