Peel Dream Magazine - Modern Meta PhysicJoe Stevens' Peel Dream Magazine project has been turning heads and catching ears since late 2017 Stevens is a brilliant writer and arranger and something of a pop scholar; steeped in the history of everything from 60s sunshine pop to 70s kosmische groove to 90s shoegaze and beyond, every Peel Dream album explores new territory and illuminates new corners of Stevens' roving interest The story began with Peel Dream Magazine's debut album Modern Meta

Fifth album by the British rock band Spiritualized

” - Mojo 4/5

twenty-five years later

" and Lee Dorsey's "Ride Your Pony" (the Meters provided support on the original recording)

getting to try all these guitars we’d normally never be able to afford

To complement the striking op-art cover design by Victor Vasarely

Be More Kind represents a thematic and sonic line in the sand for the 36-year-old

The Only Fun In Town was an extraordinary achievement – eclipsed by the groups split

The three members were skilled keyboard players

along with the original single tracks remastered by Heba Kadry

Lloyd Williams similarly does a fine Kingston-style version of the hardest working man in showbusiness on ‘Reggae Feet’

The Hangovers and The (hugely influential) Raincoats