SPACEMEN 3 - Playing with Fire LP RARE 4th album NM
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Spacemen 3-Playing With Fire LP
1989 Bomp Records (BLP 4032)-US release. Long out of print on Bomp--this is in EXCELLENT/NM condition (I would call it mint if I hadn't played it---looks amazing)
Appropriately preceded by the mind-melting crunch of the "Revolution" single, Playing With Fire proved to be the end of Spacemen 3 as a functioning band, but in truly spectacular fashion. Exploring both the depths of serene, agog beauty and sheer tape-shredding chaos, Playing With Fire pushed the extremes of The Perfect Prescription to an even further edge. It's little surprise that Pierce and Sonic couldn't find themselves properly working together after it, but even less that hordes of bands to follow would rank Playing With Fire as the equal (or better) of psychedelia's '60s/'70s forebears. Sonic himself is quoted as feeling the album "was the refining point of a lot of my theories on minimalism being maximalism" — as apt a description as any. One of his songs, "How Does It Feel?," sums it up by using a series of notes echoing off into the distance, again and again. With future Spiritualized bassist Will Carruthers in place of Bain, the trio (and uncredited drummer) created glazed, liquid songs with subtle arrangements and sheer reveling in aural joys. Flange is everywhere, as is echo, full dynamic stereo mixes and more, a feast of sound. When aiming toward a gentler, hushed sound, most notably on Pierce's compositions, the incorporation of gospel power filtered through the band's own perspective results in wonders, as heard on "Come Down Softly to My Soul" and the album closing "Lord Can You Hear Me?" As for the louder end of things, besides the awesome "Revolution" itself, a slow burn blast that just keeps getting more and more obsessive and frenetic as it goes, Sonic calling for a release of energy in a mere five seconds, the other complete freakout is "Suicide." An instrumental tribute to the New York synth pioneers, Spacemen 3 keep the minimalism and up the feedback with astonishing results. — Ned Raggett
9 tracks: 1. Honey 2. Come Down Softly to My Soul 3. How Does It Feel? 4. I Believe It 5. Revolution 6. Let Me Down Gently 7. So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears) 8. Suicide 9. Lord Can You Hear Me?
CONDITION: vinyl NM /cover NM
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