Spiritualized-Step Into The Breeze (Part 1)

Lazer Guided Melodies was the first album by the British space rock group Spiritualized. Recorded by the inaugural line up of the band, consisting of Jason Pierce (vocals, guitars), Mark Refoy (guitars), Will Carruthers (bass), Jonny Mattock (drums) and Kate Radley (keyboards). The album was recorded, mostly in VHF studios in Rugby, from 1990 to 1991, and mixed by Pierce in London. The album was first released on Dedicated Records in May 1992, on cassette, Compact Disc and Vinyl (2 x LP, with initial copies containing an additional free 7“). The album builds on band leader Jason Pierce’s contributions to Recurring, the final album by his previous band Spacemen 3, and further refines his approach to song craft (the creation of complex, intricate pieces from simple, repetitive phrases). Particular highlights are the opening, largely acoustic lullaby, “You Know It’s True“, the chiming guitars of “If I Were with Her Now“ (used in a Toffee Crisp advert in the nineties), the