One of the premier dream pop albums, Lazer Guided Melodies is both beautiful and innovative.
There's awesome, cool dignity here, a depth and scope far beyond rock's normal parameters, and an abiding faith in the redemptive power of music which can embrace both consoling murmurs and euphoric surges.
Spooky ahh cover 💀 “Laser Guided Melodies” is the first project from spiritualized, and you can tell he didn’t have his sound figured out all the way. You can see where he’s going for sure, but this record is messy and in some cases underwhelming. The songs follow one of two paths. Either Structurally messy but beautiful, or structurally sound but stale. The beauty of a track can carry it, and in most cases on this album it does. Some tracks have nothing going for ... read more
Although, not on the same level as Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Lazer Guided Melodies is still a great debut by the Neo-Psychedelia / Space Rock band, with some truly impressive moments which can be found on Angel Sigh, Shine a Light and the opening track and with a strong consistent track list which keeps me engage fully throughout the hour run time for a soothing ethereal experience.
Track Review
You Know It's True 9/10
If I Were with Her Now 8.5/10.
I Want You 8/10
Run ... read more
Turing test is passed every day. The threshold is when trust in the alternate as person, not computer, is to any degree suspect by default. Then the foundation crumbles. Same as deepfakery erodes the media-as-record, turmite proliferation undermines the virtual social contract.
Fav Trak: Angel Sigh
Edit: the perfect soundtrack for a sci-fi horror movie and its not even a soundtrack :3333333
1 | You Know It's True 3:39 | 82 |
2 | If I Were with Her Now 5:44 | 78 |
3 | I Want You 3:46 | 83 |
4 | Run 3:52 | 78 |
5 | Smiles 2:14 | 71 |
6 | Step into the Breeze 2:45 | 73 |
7 | Symphony Space 5:52 | 72 |
8 | Take Your Time 6:52 | 85 |
9 | Shine a Light 7:14 | 89 |
10 | Angel Sigh 5:46 | 84 |
11 | Sway 6:54 | 79 |
12 | 200 Bars 6:15 | 75 |