I am so glad this record is getting a re-release as maybe it will turn a new generation onto a band that were one of the pioneers of the new psychedelic drone rock of the mid to late eighties. There influence reaches far and wide with more recent bands like Icarus Line and the fantastic, and unfortunately now split, Ink and Dagger citing Spacemen 3 as an influence. Their influence stretches beyond British Indie territory.Before Jason Pierce (or Jason Spaceman) went all spiritual on us he was making drugged out waves with Spacemen 3. What is great about this band is they were so clearly apart from the rest. Modern powerful psychedelic at its best, setting the imprint for what was to come. Shoegaze is very much indebted to the work of this band. Pierce, along with Peter “Sonic Boom” Kember created something quite unique in their short career.Perfect prescription was released in 1989, and was Spacemen 3's second, and widely considered to be their best, album. It fused their already euphoric, dense sound into an epic monument of what guitar music can be and how it can transcend. It is a concept album based on a drug experience, the rise and fall thereof, but isn't simply drug music as the ideas and themes are universal. J Pierece’s stoned vocal style has been repeated by many, their droned out rock attempted by a plethora of bands, but they are the real deal, and one of the bands that tapped into a sound that was soulful, euphoric and unrepentantly spurred by excessive lifestyle, and a real love of music.The fire of punk rock runs trough their music, bands like The Fall and The Stooges are obviously massive influences, but on this record it was more about creating something more than raw power. The soul of their music really stands out on perfect prescription, but leans towards more ambient waves rather than mushy webs of noise. What more perfect song could you have than the 'Walking With Jesus', that two chord anthem of celebration would have any festival goer dancing in the green grass. 'Take Me To The Other Side' is their take on a 60’s and 70’s psychedelic for the modern era, a Britpop song before Britpop - not to taint it with that shit covered shovel. 'Come Down Easy' takes them into The Doors territory, Pierces vocals and lyrics having a similar preacher man blues style to that of Jim Morrison. The there’s 'Transparent Radiation', a warm state of euphoric equilibrium. Bliss!With the band frictions resulting in the bands early demise (7 years they lasted), Pierce and Kember heading in separate musical and social directions the Spacemen remains a very important part of rock history. This record is perhaps closer to where Pierce has gone musically with Spiritualized, his fondness for blues and gospel radiates most on this record, although on their final record Recurring, which saw the two protagonists record separately, the direction was more explicit. Unfortunately with most great bands inner tensions and ego’s get the final say.Perfect Prescription is a record by a band that were far ahead of anyone, and were tapped into another universe. Put quite simply, it is perfect!