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Spiritualized “Hey Jane”

“Hey Jane” stretches out for miles, opening with a sequence that sounds like a joyride segueing into a car chase, but eventually running off the road altogether. Then it gets really intense – a pulse and a drone grows into a gospel-tinged crest in which Jason Pierce plainly states the love that’s been the source of his urgent momentum all along: “Sweet heart, sweet light, sweetheart and love of my life.” This is Pierce at his finest, doing something he does better than just about anyone – expressing this intense, genuine emotion in a fragile, matter of fact tone as the music bursts behind him, the full power and complexity of his feelings expressed like an ornate fireworks display.

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