spoon: C/D and S/D

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spoon, classic or dud? search and destroy?

― jack, Sunday, 8 September 2002 03:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I wouldn't say "classic" compared to everything else ever done in the world, but they're pretty damn good, not "dud." Some of their EPs are fairly eh, but I similarly have trouble saying "destroy."

Definitely search Girls Can Tell, and to a lesser extent the new one.

― wl, Sunday, 8 September 2002 03:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: "You Gotta Feel It"

As classic as a late 90's/early 00's indie band can be...

― A.V. Alexandre (Keiko), Sunday, 8 September 2002 03:43 (twenty-three years ago)

TELEPHONO - pure solid classicness. Esp. "Nefarious".

I get the impression that, as Spoon gets closer to refining their own unique sound, it gets farther away from the things about their sound I originally liked. Kind of like Bowery Electric did.

― doug, Sunday, 8 September 2002 05:10 (twenty-three years ago)

heard Kill the Moonlight twice and thinks it's absolutely GREBT! i understand they've been around for quite some time but i don't know any of their older stuff, so this would be a partial S/D answer then...

― willem, Monday, 9 September 2002 04:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I've only heard the Loveways EP, Girls Can Tell and the new one. All great. Classic is pushing it, but great, certainly.

― gazuga, Monday, 9 September 2002 06:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Girls Can Tell and Kill the Moonlight are bores. The Soft Effects EP, Telephono and the absolutely amazing Series of Sneaks are marvelous.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Monday, 9 September 2002 13:01 (twenty-three years ago)

"Telamon Bridge" off of some Matador compilation is pretty damn near-perfect.

― gygax!, Monday, 9 September 2002 17:43 (twenty-three years ago)

quick answers:

Telephono: monochromatic, oblique, of course pixiesish. Solid all the way through.

A Series of Sneaks: Xgau just called it "too spiky and too cryptic." in his CG entry on KTM. It's up to your Wire and/or Pavement-damaged tastes whether that is possible. I like this one because it sounds like they wrote an album of almost-radio-ready alt-rock and then pruned off anything obvious. A real tease of an album, it circles and nudges around the implied payoff (ie the Cobain kick-in chorus) and never slaps you with it, always taking the last-second exit elsewhere or nowhere. Tension with no release, a rare thing in american guitar rock.

Girls Can Tell: vulgar choruses galore. I only find myself going back to "Everything Hits At Once," a vibe-led Fleetwood Mac rip.

Kill the Moonlight: haven't made up my mind yet. Obvious protools touches. Digs deeper into the repetition of stuff like "Take the Fifth." and the fractured character of Sneaks. I like the 12string/falsetto number near the end.

― g.cannon (gcannon), Monday, 9 September 2002 18:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Start with the EPs first (Soft Effects and LoveWays), as they're cheaper and filler-free. Soft Effects is a perfect, concise, complete musical statement; "Mountain To Sound" remains my favorite Spoon song ever.

― Nick Mirov, Monday, 9 September 2002 18:44 (twenty-three years ago)

six months pass...

Good description, g.cannon. They're patient (maybe too much for their own good?)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 31 March 2003 20:04 (twenty-three years ago)

wait a minute tracer! i thought you didn't know who spoon was?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 31 March 2003 20:10 (twenty-three years ago)

thx.

Still haven't made up my mind about Moonlight yet. I think "too patient" is good. They have plenty of songs where they seem to think a small idea is a big one, ie it won't come off as minimal and/or baroque but just thin; they'll sit on something dull for too long.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 31 March 2003 20:35 (twenty-three years ago)

life is mysterious, Yanc3y, what is true today might not have been true yesterday

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 31 March 2003 20:38 (twenty-three years ago)

the first half of moonlight is great.

life's not mysterious, tracer. life's an asshole.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 31 March 2003 20:38 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

I saw them last night and loved them. Just picked up Series of Sneaks, but haven't played it yet.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 17 July 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Fitted Shirt" is in my rock pantheon, Elvis Costello wing.

All three albums I own (Series of Sneaks, Girls Can Tell, Kill The Moonlight) are good, but only the first two are absolutely essential to me. Kill The Moonlight feels a little too smooth.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 17 July 2003 01:35 (twenty-two years ago)

And a little incomplete. The songs are all build-up and no payoff.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 17 July 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Complete dud. Bland and insipid. I can't connect with this kind of music in the slightest.

― Clay, Thursday, 17 July 2003 04:43 (twenty-two years ago)

all build-up and no payoff

That's what I like about that album!

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 17 July 2003 04:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Calling it insipid is a bit much.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 17 July 2003 04:51 (twenty-two years ago)

the production on "small stakes" pleases me greatly, especially the clattering drums near the end

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 17 July 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha! Actually I had the same complaint when I first heard them, but the key thing to realize about Spoon is that they're all payoff.

Personally, I think they're stone cold Classic. And not just because Jim Eno is such a nice guy because he always remembers my name and says hi when I go to see them.

As I said earlier in the thread, if you're still skeptical about Spoon, get the Soft Effects EP.

― Nick Mirov (nick), Thursday, 17 July 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Total fucking classic.
Series of Sneaks is a near-perfect pop album, with Telephono just a step below it but still fantastic. When I use the word "pop," this is what I'm thinking of, not N'sync or whatever. I never really liked Girls Can Tell that much, I thought that was the one that was too smooth, whereas Kill the Moonlight took the smooth sound and added some weirdness and lo-fi grit to make it more palatable. Yeah, the Soft Effects EP is great too.
I love the way Britt Daniels sings, with those ridiculous exclamations ("OW!") in the middle of nowhere. I've been accused of sounding like him, I don't hear it, but I've probably stolen some of his style.

― NA. (Nick A.), Thursday, 17 July 2003 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

I think both Girls Can Tell and Kill the Moonlight are great pop albums. There's something about the mood - you feel you've heard the songs before, but they stick with you somehow. Oddly affecting pop classicism. Classic.

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 16 January 2004 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a sucker for minimalism... Spoon is full songs with minimalist parts. And the keyboard player does some pretty ingenious things.. Too bad I can't find his name anywhere. "Everything Hits at Once" & "Me and the Bean" are wonderful ... Although Telephono is still my fave.

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 16 January 2004 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

anyone have any info about when this next album's going to be out? no sign of it being on the merge spring schedule...

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 21 January 2005 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

my graduate advisor told me that one b. daniel used to fuck up her home at house parties in austin.

― g--ff (gcannon), Friday, 21 January 2005 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

thats just the nature of a house party, and why i stopped having them. maybe thats what's keeping him from delivering this record.

attn people of austin: stop letting britt into your homes, so that he may finish his record!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

classic!

Kill the moonlight is my fave. Girls Can tell 2nd.

IMHO great drumming

really understated and hits in all the right places

― Mr Monket (apn99), Friday, 21 January 2005 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Jim Eno (right?) is my favorite 'song' drummer. He plays such simple but ballsy shit on KtM.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 21 January 2005 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

NEW SPOON RECORD: 5/10/2005 ENTITLED "GIMME FICTION" ON MERGE RECORDS.

FUCK YES!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 31 January 2005 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought Kill The Moonlight was their worst album but I'm still excited

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Kill the Moonlight is their worst album, but I'll see your excitement and raise you high expectations.

― Dude, are you a 15 year old asian chick? (jingleberries), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been accused of sounding like him, I don't hear it, but I've probably stolen some of his style.
-- NA. (emmaa...), July 17th, 2003 6:49 AM. (Nick A.) (link)

With that album title, sounds like Britt's biting YOUR style, dude!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Spoon's a'ight. I like about half the songs on Girls Can Tell and also "The Way We Get By," but haven't heard the first couple albums.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Do! It's more aggro.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

They're more aggro, I mean. I'm not sure which of the first three I like the most. I've got Telephono and Series on a c90 with some EP tracks and it kind of blurs. "Motion Detektor" should be 10 minutes long.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that's sort of what's been stopping me, though!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

really? I thought you'd dig a really staccato, abrasive yet catchy Pixies-rip thing.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I kind of hope they tone down the echo effects and shit. The second half of Kill The Moonlight OD'd on that stuff.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

really? I thought you'd dig a really staccato, abrasive yet catchy Pixies-rip thing.

Yeah, you're right, I might.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

But I think if given the choice between aggro and non-aggro, most of the time, I'll go with the latter.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

well it's not aggro in a Durst way, just sounds more like a Nirvana-meets-Wire thing then a Billy Joel-meets-Wire thing.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I stand by none of my comparisons btw

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah see, imagine if I'd never heard any Spoon before, and Billy Joel-meets-Wire sounds way more fun than Nirvana-meets-Wire.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha!! Billy Joel meets Wire!

Waitaminute...Y'know something? That sounds about right.

― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 31 January 2005 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

i must say i'm excited.

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

all kill the moonlight haters, get off this thread. leave my man alone!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 31 January 2005 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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i have big hopes for the new spoon record.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

best tour package idea ever.

I saw spoon open for pavement @ spaceland in LA 8 years ago (I think to the exact day!).

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Spoon is my favorite currently-functioning rock band.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

TS: Spoon Vs The Spoons

The Spoons in a fucking blow-out.

― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 9 February 2005 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

I LOVE SPOON SO MUCH

― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 19 June 2008 08:14 (seventeen years ago)

Same here.

― nate woolls, Thursday, 19 June 2008 08:16 (seventeen years ago)

nine months pass...

Still fucking love Spoon, especially Series Of Sneaks, which might be the best-sounding rock record of the 90s.

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

eight months pass...

Saw Britt Daniel at the vidya store last night. Won't say what he was renting (nothing dodgy). But...woof!!

― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:55 (sixteen years ago)

Spoon in the NY Times today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/arts/music/10spoon.html

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 8 January 2010 21:59 (sixteen years ago)

http://public.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/asc/2010/01/20100107_asc_wholealbum.mp3?orgId=1&aggIds=98679384&sc=13&f=122279793&_kip_ipx=436481664-1262985611

Hope this is legit to post. NPR stream of the whole album.

― David Katz (davek_00), Friday, 8 January 2010 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

Come on guys..new Spoon! Sounding great so far I gotta say.

― David Katz (davek_00), Friday, 8 January 2010 22:33 (sixteen years ago)

Hope this is legit to post. NPR stream of the whole album.

If it's on NPR, I'm sure it's legit to hear (if not post). Release date's right around the corner; making it available for an advance listen isn't surprising.

They haven't lost their edge from what I hear so far, I must say.

― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 8 January 2010 22:39 (sixteen years ago)

four years pass...

http://www.stereogum.com/1669215/watch-a-teaser-for-spoons-new-album/video/

― j., Wednesday, 12 March 2014 00:49 (twelve years ago)

i love this band. if that clip is representative, this is going to be spoon's a ghost is born, huh? (melodic noise rock). "noise-rock" suits this band well.

― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 00:54 (twelve years ago)

Yeah, they will have a new album out before i do their poll after all.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:09 (twelve years ago)

be innovative: poll the new album before it comes out.

― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:12 (twelve years ago)

lol

just checked Spoon is not coming up until number 73.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:18 (twelve years ago)

two years pass...

New songs debuted live, New album due in March on Matador: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/spoon-debuted-new-songs-at-a-secret-show-at-antones-in-austin-pics-setlist/

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 7 January 2017 19:50 (nine years ago)

four years pass...

just found out that Spoon will be playing Teragram tomorrow night. it's their 5 year anniversary or something, anyone here going?

― Bee OK, Monday, 27 September 2021 19:25 (four years ago)

i tried to buy tickets to this Los Angeles show but it seems to already be sold out

― Bee OK, Monday, 27 September 2021 21:21 (four years ago)

https://i2.wp.com/www.grimygoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/unnamed-4.jpg

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 05:49 (four years ago)

four weeks pass...

Tune in tomorrow . . . #LOTS pic.twitter.com/zmwieAHSGz
— SPOON (@spoontheband) October 27, 2021

something new on the way? i know they have a livestreamed concert tomorrow too, but they seem to be possibly hinting at more lately?

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:00 (four years ago)

I sure hope that if it’s a new record it comes out next year

― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:02 (four years ago)

Very interesting imagery, gnarly guitars

― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:03 (four years ago)

so stocked for this, has to be a new record

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:51 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4vl4T1hEuQ

― mizzell, Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:44 (four years ago)

Lucifer On the Sofa, out in February.

01 Held
02 The Hardest Cut
03 The Devil & Mister Jones
04 Wild
05 My Babe
06 Feels Alright
07 On the Radio
08 Astral Jacket
09 Satellite
10 Lucifer on the Sofa

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:47 (four years ago)

I like it.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:50 (four years ago)

YT vids suggest this song is a banger live; on record it’s just kind there. But I hope for the best (and love these song titles).

― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:55 (four years ago)

needs it's own thread: Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

― Bee OK, Thursday, 28 October 2021 16:18 (four years ago)

six months pass...

Saw them last night, after not paying attention to them for ages, and they are a super fun live band. Even better than the first time I saw them, which was at a festival. Loose and grooving, rock n roll without being retro about it. I didn't know at least two-thirds of the songs, but it didn't matter — they all sounded good.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 April 2022 02:11 (four years ago)

he's hot

― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2022 03:57 (four years ago)

Not gay but would def tap that if offered

― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 29 April 2022 04:03 (four years ago)

three years pass...

New Songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVC9KJjMEg

"Chateau Blues"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuLM7ehsDkY

"Guess I'm Fallin In Love" (not a VU cover)

― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 August 2025 15:38 (nine months ago)

Had they not done a krautrock record yet? I would be into a full LP of that.

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 August 2025 16:40 (nine months ago)

I'm seeing them tonight, so this is a great surprise!

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 26 August 2025 18:55 (nine months ago)

these both call back to the kill the moonlight era which is not a bad thing.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 August 2025 23:45 (nine months ago)

pretty good new songs

― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 26 August 2025 23:50 (nine months ago)

Guess I’m Fallin in Love is fantastic. On first listen I think it might be my favorite thing by them in… 10 years?

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 27 August 2025 00:30 (nine months ago)

They don't sound much different than anything they've released -- a good thing.

― hungover beet poo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2025 00:33 (nine months ago)

The best band evah

If you want to win me over then open with two songs from Kill the Moonlight. There was something really fun that happened last night. Britt noticed someone shirt and had him come on stage. He didn't know this person and was not connected with the band. The shirt had lyrics from a song they released just that day so he asked. The guy said he got a notice about the song at 8 AM and then made the shirt for the concert.

My only complaint is that they closed with "Wild," a good live song but not a closer. "Wild" and "My Babe" work live but they could drop Cut. They also only played "I Ain't the One" from Hot Thoughts.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 27 August 2025 17:35 (nine months ago)

Tuesday August 26, 2025:

Small Stakes
Jonathon Fisk
The Hardest Cut
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
I Turn My Camera On
My Mathematical Mind
The Way We Get By
I Ain't the One
My Babe
I Summon You
Inside Out
Don't You Evah
Do You
Chateau Blues (First Time Played)
Rent I Pay
Got Nuffin
The Underdog

Encore:

My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
Guess I'm Falling In Love (First Time Played)
Me and the Bean
Wild

They Want My Soul songs were the best!

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 27 August 2025 17:41 (nine months ago)

Good variety.

― hungover beet poo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2025 17:43 (nine months ago)

. They also only played "I Ain't the One" from Hot Thoughts.

who plays keyboards?

― hungover beet poo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2025 17:52 (nine months ago)

I think there were two new people in the band. The keyboardist was the same guy, not sure of his name.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 27 August 2025 18:04 (nine months ago)

There were five members and Alex Fischel was on keyboards but they had a second one too.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 27 August 2025 18:08 (nine months ago)

looks a decent amount like the 2022 set list which made for a great show

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 August 2025 19:09 (nine months ago)

Not a bad set list! I should catch them live at some point (also Deerhoof)

― Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 August 2025 20:03 (nine months ago)

Of the two new songs, “Chateau Blues” feels stronger somehow, better and better every time I listen to it.

― Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 August 2025 20:04 (nine months ago)

^ what I was trying to explain upthread.

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

― Bee OK, Thursday, 28 August 2025 07:03 (nine months ago)

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