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Get swept away in Spiritualized's latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful' : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN In this session, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized talks about their latest album, Everything Was Beautiful, how it grew and changed in unexpected ways as he worked on it, and how he let himself get lost in the process.

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Get swept away in Spiritualized's latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful'

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Spiritualized on World Cafe

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Set List

  • "I'm Coming Home Again"
  • "Always Together With You"
  • "Open Up and Bleed" (Iggy and The Stooges)
  • "Let It Bleed (For Iggy)"
  • "Crazy"

It's easy to get lost in a Spiritualized album. You can get swept away in the layers of sound, immersed in ever-growing waves of build-up and catharsis. But it's not just you, the listener, who can get consumed by it; the same thing can happen to the person making the music.

In this session, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized joins me to talk about their latest album, Everything Was Beautiful, how it grew and changed in unexpected ways as he worked on it, and how he let himself get lost in the process. Plus, we hear a live performance.

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