SPIRITUALIZED - And Nothing Hurt LP dream pop The most outrageously (fake) punk

The most outrageously (fake) punk band any of these jokers have played in and the most bonkers record Aarght has released so far

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SPIRITUALIZED - And Nothing Hurt LP dream pop The most outrageously (fake) punkRecorded mostly on Jason Pierce's laptop, all instruments played by him, with sampled orchestral sounds, and overdubs for instruments he couldn't play. And Nothing Hurt is a distillation of all of the sonic ideas: an amalgamation of orchestral dream pop, psychedelic rock, Velvet Underground chug and choogle, gospel, and naked confessional. So no big surprises, but the raw emotions of recovery have softened into the bittersweet pain of simply living. A