Once upon a time, there was a movement (or lack of--that was the point) called shoegazing. The leader of shoegazing was a princess with bright red hair called Miki, along with her loyal troops, Emma, Chris and Steve. As Lush, they made beautiful music. Spooky is full of dark, serrated guitars and sighing vocals. It's difficult to make out what is being said a lot of the time, but like the Cocteau Twins, the sound is so lovely that Miki could be singing her shopping list and you still wouldn't care. Even though this is by no means their best album, it still stands up for itself when many of their peers have disappeared without anyone particularly caring. Fantastic late night noise for drifting off to sleep. --Emma Johnston