Originally released in 1997 (on the same day as OK Computer), Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space is the third album from Jason Pierce's post-Spacemen 3 project and his most brilliant work to date. A hypnotic, narcotic, psychedelic gospel album
The 4th and final studio album by Spacemen 3, is often considered the introduction of 2 brilliant solo projects (Spiritualized and Spectrum) rather than the work of a functioning band.
Rock critic Lester Bangs (cautionary warning: dead at 33 from an overdose of Darvon and NyQuil) wrote, 'In the beginning there was feedback: the machines speaking on their own, answering their supposed masters with shrieks of misalliance.'
Dead Meadow sounded glad to be there, like they were rising to the occasion, like they realized it was more than just another gig, and Live at Roadburn 2011 resonates all the more for documenting that so well.
Here, the 12-string folk-rock jangle of the mid-60's Byrds is overlaid with the washed-out vocal harmonies of Ride and topped off with psychedelic drones familiar to Spacemen 3.
Ships 8/9/24 - Spacemen 3 makes an asset out of the newfound lack of percussion, giving The Perfect Prescription a considerably less rock-oriented sound with much more open space in it's varied, subtle arrangements.