Slipstream (Bonus Track Version)

Slipstream is more grounded in conventional rock and pop than one might assume from the presence of Spiritualized players, but this isn't a terrible thing — the band lends a spacy feel to more organic forms, and winds up sounding something like Mojave 3 might have if they'd retained the dreamier feels of Slowdive's Pygmalion ("Harmony"), or, more obviously, the way Spiritualized might sound as a pop band ("Riverside"). A few misfires do, however, occur — most notably an uninspired cover of Kraftwerk's "Computer Love" — and the combined weight of several small bad steps probably puts Spectrum at the top of the Spiritualized-related-bands genre.