Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (CD 1997)

Lower the lights, get in your favourite chair and turn up the volume you're in for a sonic treat

The band takes the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach beyond its limits, with strings, horns, a gospel choir, steel guitar, and even Dr. John's piano added to the carefully constructed aural palace of harmony and dissonance. It's that balance of chaos and beauty that makes the songs so special, as unrelenting cavalcades of processed sound give way to ambient soundscapes. Perhaps most importantly,the band's songwriting is at a high point here, with subtlebut unforgettable melodies attached to each song, no matter the extent of the sonic explorations

Ladies and Gentlemen won the NME album of the year award at the end of 1997, beating Radiohead's critically acclaimed OK Computer and The Verve's Urban Hymns which is some going considering the esteem these two albums are held in.

If you can see them live (seeing them live is were they truly excel) there doing an anniversary gig in October performing the album live in its entirety. A remastered and expanded legacy edition of the album will be released to coincide with the show