More Light is the tenth studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream, released on 13 May 2013. The single "It's Alright, It's OK" received airplay on national stations including BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and Absolute Radio and on music channel MTV Rocks, whilst it has also been played on a number of smaller stations including 106.9FM WHCR and Kingstown Radio. It references influential The Gun Club singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce with a take on his song "Goodbye Johnny" and use of the track title "Walking with the Beast".^[6] This is their first album since Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) to not feature bassist Mani.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.3/10[7]
Metacritic	77/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
The A.V. Club	B+[10]
The Guardian	[11]
The Independent	[12]
Mojo	[13]
NME	8/10[14]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[15]
Q	[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Uncut	7/10[5]

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More Light received highly positive reactions from critics and is perhaps their most critically acclaimed album since XTRMNTR. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 77 out of 100, based on 29 reviews.^[8] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave a positive review of the album, describing it as "mesmerising" and containing "big, monstrous, mantra-like, psychedelic grooves". He went on to add that More Light should do much to restore Primal Scream's reputation as one of the country's most creative and ambitious rock bands. The music is dense yet uplifting, creating its own tensions with Gillespie's dark, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Songs like "2013", "Culturecide", "Tenement Kid" and "Walking with the Beast" convey an impression of a highly-strung, heartfelt assault on the inequities of the modern world, before building to the euphoric gospel release of closing track "It's Alright, It's OK".^[18]

The artwork, designed by Scottish artist Jim Lambie, is based on the artwork from Scottish musician Momus's 1988 album, Tender Pervert.

All tracks composed by Andrew Innes and Bobby Gillespie; except where indicated

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Primal Scream

• Bobby Gillespie – vocals, tambourine, handclaps, mellotron, electric piano, drums, percussion
• Andrew Innes – electric, acoustic, and twelve-string guitars, bass guitar, six-string bass, keyboards, electric sitar, synthesizer, autoharp, dulcimer, drones
• Martin Duffy – keyboards
• Darrin Mooney – drums, percussion

Additional personnel