Spoon - QUOTE Transference UNQUOTE

P4k reports:

The band's seventh LP, Transference, is due out January 26 in North America via Merge and January 25 in Europe via Anti-.

*pumps fist* This should rule.

http://pitchfork.com/news/36971-new-spoon-album-yes/

PLEASE MASTER THIS BETTER ON CD THAN GA GA GA GA GA THANK YOU BYE

this deserves it own thread, so excited for this!

Transference:

1. Before Destruction
2. Is Love Forever?
3. The Mystery Zone
4. Who Makes Your Money
5. Written in Reverse
6. I Saw the Light
7. Trouble Comes Running
8. Goodnight Laura
9. Out Go the Lights
10. Got Nuffin
11. Nobody Gets Me But You

p.s. also please write better songs than ga ga ga ga ga while you're at it

also include a guest spot by lady gaga

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is a great album, very little wrong with it overall. it's quite possibly Spoon's best overall album from one of today's best bands.

i can't go on ... [checks ilx] ... i'll go on.

i'm sure i'll like this but can't really get excited about a new spoon album. i mean, you pretty much know what you're gonna get at this point, right?

yeah, but at the same time you know you'll like what you get!

will wait for the vinyl on this

i saw the light is not a cover of that Rundgren cover song,right?

I want more trumpets on this one.

someone should take the quotes off transference in the thread title cause if you search for transference now all you get is the locked thread.

not really anticipating this tbh

http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/02/spoons-britt-daniel-calls-transference-an-uglier-record/

With the recent announcement that Spoon will release its seventh album, Transference, in January, fans have been wondering what to expect from the new material. "Every record's always a little bit of an unconscious reaction to the one before. I think it's an uglier record," frontman Britt Daniel tells Spinner, comparing it to 2007's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. "A lot of it is either demos, or tracks that started out as demos and we just built on top of it. That earlier, rawer, more spontaneous take on what the song was just seemed like the way to go..."

Those sessions were somewhat unique for their live-in-the-studio, full band approach. Among those tracks are 'Written in Reverse,' which is likely to be the first single and video, and a fresh take on 'Got Nuffin',' redone from this year's EP of the same name.

"We've done it before, but not a lot," Daniel says of the recording process. "'My Mathematical Mind' [from 2005's Gimme Fiction] was live. 'Jonathan Fisk' [from 2002's Kill the Moonlight] was. It's different. We did some shows in May right before we got to Nicolas's place and I think we all thought those songs were sounding so much better and faster than the recorded versions we already had, so we totally redid them. There's something about playing live a bunch of times that give you a certain level of confidence and swagger in the studio."

But anyone who saw the band perform songs like 'The Underdog' -- at times complete with a live horn section -- last time around will find 'Transference' to be very different. "'The Underdog' has a million chords," says Daniel. "A lot of songs on this record are just one or two chords. There's a lot more droning."

not really anticipating this tbh

― call all destroyer

Thank you for being honest. When January rolls around I would hate to find out you had spent months pretending to anticipate it.

"can't really get excited about a new spoon album. i mean, you pretty much know what you're gonna get at this point, right?"

not according to the xpost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcJDvjOmj88

I really hope they play a few UK dates. One of the few bands I'd travel a considerable distance to see.

As a latecomer to the Spoonwagon - they don't seem to have much currency here in the UK - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is far and away my favourite, so this talk of fewer horns and fewer chords doesn't fill me with glee.

http://hypem.com/track/948331/Spoon+-+Mystery+Zone

'The Mystery Zone'

getting a Gimme Fiction vibe.

good track:
going back to the minimal,more "difficult"/arty/wire influenced sound

i mean, i like ga ga, but i'm glad they don't (hypothetically) continue with being more and more accessible and "fun"

It didn't seem that big a break in style or vibe from Ga Ga Ga to me. I liked it, tho.

I'll have to listen to it again.

i think it's thinner and has a demo vibe into it,while ga sounded polished and sometimes richer in sound

One date in London, very tempted but need to get a job first!

http://www.atpfestival.com/events/spoonlondon09/news/0911121421.php

I want this to leak so I can be listening to this right now instead of thinking about how great it's gonna be

Glasgow & Manchester too.

Have booked tickets for London gig.

ditto

Also almost certainly to go see this the next morning - http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/vandoesburg/default.shtm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120830261&ps=bb2

New single available for streaming.

I want this to leak so I can be listening to this right now instead of thinking about how great it's gonna be

― iatee, Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:47 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

is it actually done yet i thought they were still recording for some reason

that new single,written in reverse, is great.
the dirty,aggresive "exile on main st." style of it is awesome.

Hope this links works

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/46381727.jpg

Nope, never mind. Album cover:

http://www.twitpic.com/rm4db

I like the single a lot

11 songs = 11 new riffs.

Correction: 11 songs = 11 recycled riffs.

good try

YEAH!

http://stereogum.com/img/spoon-transference-aa.jpg

that didn't sound like exile on main st at all. it sounded like spoon.

whether spoon's riffs are uh...'new' or 'recycled'... really doesn't matter cause spoon basically rule and so will this album

otm imo

my bff is begging me for this, can u hook a bro up? lmk ;-P

Amazon US has a deal almost too good to pass up:

Save $2 off Contra by Vampire Weekend when purchased with 1 of Transference by Spoon, Phrazes For The Young by Julian Casablancas or Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors offered by Amazon.com. Here's how (restrictions apply)

Save $2 off Transference by Spoon when purchased with 1 of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon or Contra by Vampire Weekend offered by Amazon.com.

so i bought Contra, Transference and added Beach House's Teen Dream [CD + DVD] and this is how the deal looks:

Subtotal of Items: $29.97
Shipping & Handling: $4.96
Super Saver Discount: -$4.96
Pre-order Guarantee: -$0.00
Promotion Applied: -$2.00
Promotion Applied: -$2.00
MP3 Credit Applied: -$0.00
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Total for this Order: $25.97

Shipping estimate for these items: February 1, 2010
1 "Contra"
Vampire Weekend; Audio CD; $7.99

Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC Because of Pre-order Price Guarantee, you might pay less. Why?
1 "Transference"
Spoon; Audio CD; $7.99

Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC Because of Pre-order Price Guarantee, you might pay less. Why?
1 "Teen Dream [CD + DVD]"
Beach House; Audio CD; $13.99

so i paid $5.99 each for both Vampire Weekend and Spoon.

What if you enjoy Spoon but not Vampire Weekend? :'(

why don't you help me find a better deal aka via rapidshare? ;-)

i know, when it going to leak? we only have two weeks to go before you are able to buy it.

god i love me some Spoon, i can't wait for this!

it's like exile in guyville over and over, not a knock

cad dropping in w/ a bowl of challops big enough 4 all of us

― ksh, Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah i mean

it's a good record! but better than ga is challO_ps

ksh OFFtm

There's nothing wrong with repetitive music that goes on too long "without evolving", as long as its done well. I mean, I never want "Hallogallo" to end after 3 minutes. Not equating Transference to Neu by any means, but I like the way they meander on this one.

There's nothing wrong with repetitive music that goes on too long "without evolving", as long as its done well.

agree w/ u here

problem is, on this record, i don't think it's done well. there are few good ideas, and it's good enough as a whole, but it feels like a more lifeless, uninspired Spoon than the one we got on Gax5 imo

few good ideas = a few good ideas

Fair enough, I just love the way this one sounds.

Yeah I'm down with the repetition vibe on this one, and it is the same kind of enjoyment I get from minimal techno - just hitting a zone and riding in it for as long as possible. That said, most of the tracks aren't completely static, e.g. Who Makes Your Money switches it up around 1:45, and of course I Saw the Light completely changes halfway through, and then builds, and builds, and builds...

cad dropping in w/ a bowl of challops big enough 4 all of us

― ksh, Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah i mean

― mr. milquetoast (J0rdan S.), Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's a good record! but better than ga is challO_ps

― mr. milquetoast (J0rdan S.), Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you guys this isn't really "challops" because i don't think i'm nec. going against any conventional wisdom--i mean is gaX5 universally agreed to be the best spoon? i mean i guess it could be and no one told me ¯\(°_°)/¯

the middle of ga is a complete drag imo

eh, i guess it speaks highly of spoon that there can be so much variance in opinion on which albums are better. people here have put up gax5 and gimme fiction as contenders for their best album, and girls can tell won the poll iirc, and those 3 are prob my least favourite after telephono. but they're all good records.

i always think of ga as spoon's big album -- certainly their most popular album commercially -- i know lots of ppl love KTM but i think ga has replaced it in the cannon, maybe not tho

maybe "eddie's ragga" drags a bit, but "don't you evah" & "rhthm & soul" are great i think

canon, obv

KTM has a classic first side, meh second.

yup

You know what? This is really good.

YEp!

Although on the copy I have, a lot of the tracks stop really abruptly. Is there something wrong or is this just some wacky Spoon-style subversion?

it is. whoever said above this is spoon's "trance/groove" record was right.

too bad everyone will forget about it at year-end listmaking time. otoh, who cares about that?

That would be me: totally forgot this came out this year, and I loves it...

best album of 2010

wow! i like it a lot, but i can't say that.

exciting and sad and hidden and detailed and somehow so plain. just wonderful.

there's a pretty good chance this will be my #1

yeah I like the album a lot but haven't really listened to it much since it came out. probably still make my top 10 tho cuz it sounds. so. good.

not really anticipating this tbh

― call all destroyer, Monday, November 2, 2009 12:54 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha I was jsut about to quote that!

also

This record is a really good conversation suddenly aborted.

― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:18 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^a compliment.

― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:18 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The last couple of Spoon outings are more like one-letter text messages from someone you only met last Tuesday.

― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:22 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

xpost I like that but is it a person you really fancy?

― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:24 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark

Still can't remember more than a couple of songs.

this is one of few records of the last several years that i've listened to enough to burn the songs into memory.

Kinda says something about 2010 though if Spoon's third or fourth best album might be the best album of the year.

not really anticipating this tbh

― call all destroyer, Monday, November 2, 2009 12:54 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― i should loko (rip van wanko), Sunday, November 28, 2010 1:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha I was jsut about to quote that!

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Sunday, November 28, 2010 1:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i know! i was assuming they would make another record like ga x5

Kinda says something about 2010 though if Spoon's third or fourth best album might be the best album of the year.

― scott pgwp (pgwp), Monday, November 29, 2010 9:47 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

or maybe it says something about spoon. but most likely, it doesn't say anything at all.

Yes, that's the glass-half-full way to look it.

this record is a fantastic record in a great year of records, for me.

i don't hear it as jammy or as stuck on vamps or repeating the same lines or meandering. the people who have referenced minimal techno are onto something; the way the music changes is very gradual and very exact, and it depends a lot on the interplay between sounds.

man this has grown on me like nothing else

what about hair?

xxpost "Eddie's Ragga" off the last album seems kind of prototypical here — that one, endlessly repeated guitar chord, with the reverb coming in and out unpredictably, is like a metonym for Spoon's entire approach

man this has grown on me like nothing else

― ciderpress, Monday, November 29, 2010 11:38 AM (11 hours ago)

what about hair?

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 29, 2010 11:39 AM (11 hours ago)

actual lols, thankig u alfred

i'm balding actually

listened to this album twice yesterday -- hadn't really given it a whole lot of time before, but wow! i'm convinced this is another great spoon record. love the way the songs kind of unravel as they go on.

haha you're welcome

OK I'm listening to this now.

"Goodnight Laura," "Written in Reverse," "Got Nuffin," and "Who Makes Your Money" I immediately remembered. The rest remain ciphers or dribble on longer than they need to (e.g. "Out Go The Lights").

scanning the METACRITIC pull-quotes (good and bad) makes me want to revisit this album.

I have been otm like crazy on this thread.

"got nuffin", "who makes yr money", and (esp) "mystery zone" all i really remember/need from it. 2 of their last 4 (kill the moonlight, gaX5) i played to death, the other 2 i listened to a couple of times and cherry picked for my ipod. i can't pretend there's a huge gulf in quality between the lps either really, they either just hit me hard or leave me cold. looking forward to their next one!

"out go the lights" is a really pretty song

i'm surprised that people find 'got nuffin' memorable—i mean, it's not unmemorable, but it seems like the most boring song on the record to me. the most familiar. i heard it as a regular radio cut last year on a very poor radio station and it had a hard time distinguishing itself in that sort of company.

i would say that 'i saw the light' or 'out go the lights' justify their length, but i don't think it's a liability—it's intrinsic to what makes them good. the points at which the guitar solo and the return of the lead guitar in each are placed, late in the tracks after long 'down' sections, seem very balanced and elegant to me. i especially like the setup in 'i saw the light': it's like the latter half of the song is constantly descending. and yeah, 'out go the lights is beautiful'.

alfred, i would be really curious to read you going over one of the ones that's a cipher to you. i can understand the impression, especially with spoon (i remember the songs from a few albums back seeming really inert and boring to me before i settled into them), but i have a hard time hearing it now, even though i could, a bit, right at first; it was actually pretty remarkable how fast the songs opened up during my first several listens.

'out go the lights' is beautiful, i've never heard that other one.

zzzz amirite

I TURN MY CAMERA ON

It took me picking up a used copy on CD to acknowledge that this might actually be my favorite Spoon album