Throughout their career, Spiritualized has transformed psychedelic rock. They’ve taken seemingly small steps in re-shaping the standard formulas and they’ve taken big leaps into the unknown. At that, their best albums usually include both. That’s exactly what was happening on their fifth album Amazing Grace, newly reissues last month.
We present our “Mid-Year Report," a comprehensive guide to our favorite releases of the first half of this year, without any pre-determined length or insignificant rankings. If we’re into it, we're including it (unless we plumb forgot it or just haven’t spent enough time with it… which happens, in which case our sincerest of apologies).
