Lupine Howl

Stylus reminds me of a band that completely forgot existed. I'd probably hate the record, but I still want to hear it. Mooney always gets namechecked for being the guitarist for Spiritualized, but as much as i loved Ladies & Gentlemen... it's really his work with Julian Cope that i remember him for, Autogeddon and 20 Mothers. Cope's backing band was the farm team for Spiritualized for awhile:

What's it like having all your musicians working in Spiritualized? (Ra)
Good for the budget. Jason auditioned Donald Ross Skinner and James Eller, too, before he settled on Martin, Doggen, Kev and Thighpaulsandra. I understood the Thighpaulsandra thing as he'd already got Mike Mooneye in the band. And Martin Schellard has always been so good with the string sections on my albums and Jason also knew that keeping Thighpaulsandra around his own friends is the best way to get the best out of him. But I was surprised he picked a mascara'd metaloid like Doggen over Donald Ross Skinner. My accountant is also Jason's accountant and she told me he's even read all the books, including The Modern Antiquarian which she was asked to obtain for him, so he's possibly retro and obviously a little lazy. Have you seen the Spiritualized website? Jason hates the Web 'cause it didn't exist in 1966. Jason got on the phone once and apologised for stealing my musicians. I was double-sweet and told him I'm like the Jesuits, once you're with Cope it's forever no matter who's paying the wages.

So while the piece was cool, contemplating a band who broke away from key album for certain people, it's kinda odd that it doesn't mention Cope once.