Spiritualized recording new album

Spiritualized frontman Jason Pierce has confirmed that the band is recording a new album.

The songwriter told The Quietus that the release, planned for 2010, has been influenced by the group's recent live performances of their 1997 LP Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.

Pierce said: "I'm not a big believer in backward steps, or thinking 'Well, that worked then, let's do it again'. But, I am making a record.

"It's very weird to lay out something you did 12 years ago in all its complexity and then get inside it enough to be able to play it live, and not have that get into some of the newer stuff we're doing."

He added: "It's early days. We've put down some great, great songs. I think what Ladies And Gentlemen has done is raised the bar in a different way.

"Rather than just copying the sonics of that record and saying 'How did we used to do it?' or 'We used to do it like this', it's raised the bar, and I think that's good."

Spiritualized reissued Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space with new packaging and bonus tracks last week.