Spiritualized

Britain, we have a problem. After years of lording considerable gravitational pull over fans of psychedelic guitar noise, “Spaceman” Jason Pierce and his musical-chairs ensemble in Spiritualized are in danger of becoming lost in their own galaxy of distortion. Spiritualized lined up for free blow jobs from fans and critics alike after 1997’s Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, but those fickle folks appear to prefer spitting rather than swallowing the band’s latest effort, Amazing Grace. No need to push the panic button quite yet, though. The group still commands attention, if not accolades, with its sonic experimentation, no matter how many times people shit-can its latest efforts. Plus, Pierce is British, which sort of shrouds him in mystery, if not poor dental hygiene.