Due August 5th!
― j., Thursday, 5 June 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
they have added alex fischel from the divine fits on keyboards.
snippet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hocytKSntfE
interview w/ daniel and eno
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/06/05/318445464/after-learning-to-loosen-up-spoon-readies-its-return-the-all-songs-interview
some work with dave fridmann : /
― j., Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Always excited for new Spoon although the few clips I've heard haven't blown me away.
― DavidLeeRoth, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
I wonder why they aren't on Merge anymore.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
Somebody made them an offer they couldn't refuse?
― DavidLeeRoth, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
YEAH
― Bee OK, Friday, 6 June 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
still probably my favorite band going right now.
― Bee OK, Friday, 6 June 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
Spoon:
06-05 Porto, Portugal - Optimus Primavera Sound06-07 New York, NY - Governors Ball Music Festival06-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - CBC Music Festival06-21 Toronto, Ontario - NXNE Festival06-22 Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center06-26-28 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas07-12-13 Telluride, CO - The Ride Festival07-18 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party08-02 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza08-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Fairbanks Lawn of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery08-10 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands08-17 Portland, OR - Musicfest NW08-30-31 Philadelphia, PA - Made in America Festival09-05 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival09-07 Boston, MA - Boston Calling Music Festival10-03-05 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival10-10-12 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
― Bee OK, Friday, 6 June 2014 01:28 (ten years ago) link
can't tell you how excited i am about this. so going to their concert at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. at a cemetery?
can't find "Knock, Knock, Knock" anywhere, guess i will have to wait.
― Bee OK, Friday, 6 June 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
not sure if this is the cover or not:http://www.undertheradarmag.com/uploads/article_images/Spoon-They-Want-My-Soul.jpg
― Bee OK, Friday, 6 June 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
Oh, awesome. I finally on impulse bought a physical copy of Transference today. It must have been the universe speaking to me of the impending new one.
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Friday, 6 June 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/20281/homepage_large.1e6df0d9.jpg
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 June 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/David_Bowie_-_The_Next_Day.png
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 June 2014 02:43 (ten years ago) link
No Friddmann.
― i reject your shiny expensive consumerist stereo system (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 6 June 2014 05:38 (ten years ago) link
They were just brilliant in London the other night. Only one new song played, as far as I recall.
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Friday, 6 June 2014 09:36 (ten years ago) link
buying tickets, so damn happy.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Reminds me I need to check out Girls Can Tell; the one album of theirs I haven't heard yet. The last one was a bit of mixed bag for me, so I'm cautiously optimistic about the new one.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NOPfmfRVWmk
guh where did all the SPACE go?
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah i saw they're a 5-piece now. i was wondering what the deal was with that, but including a member of divine fits makes sense if that's what they're feelin' at the moment.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
xps Girls is a personal fav + a big step forward for the band (that opening number is a STATEMENT if I've ever heard one), but it also shows them exploring new styles that would take several more albums to fully cohere (and some, like the dinosaur-rock strut of "Fitted Shirt", that they would abandon completely). I'm curious to hear what you make of it; I get the impression that a few of the tracks I originally found refreshing would seem kinda minor or half-baked compared to more recent efforts.
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
The new single doesn't really do anything for me. Hope there is better to come on the album.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah, sounds like recycled Spoon
― nostormo, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
initially felt the same way about "The Ghost of You Lingers"
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
this band is sitting on 6 consecutive records that i've really enjoyed so i'm excited about this as always. the last one was a slow grower so i'm not worried about first impressions really
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Girls Can Tell is their best.
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
Girls Can Tell is their worst.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
The first five songs are some of their best, the rest of the songs are some of their worst. They're still alright though.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link
Girls Can Tell is a great album but I've settled on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga being my favourite closely followed by Kill The Moonlight. Girls Can Tell would be either third or just behind A Series of Sneaks in fourth. They are an extremely consistent band though. Telephono is the closest they have to a dud but it still has its moments.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
^ ditto, except i think Kill the Moonlight is my #1, just because of the sound of it. Ga is a better "rock" album but hews more closely, too, to the sound and feel of trad rock.
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
i always had a soft spot for "gimme fiction" but i haven't listened to this band since...probably the year transference was released
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:11 (ten years ago) link
GF is my favorite.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
i've listened to transference all the time since 2009, chances are not good that i'll be as down with the new one, but i'm hoping
― j., Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
ciderpress OTM
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:55 (ten years ago) link
love the new song. i was thinking they might go into the more Divine Fits sound but they did not.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/news/55517/8a851f3a.jpgThey Want My Soul:
1. Rent I Pay2. Inside Out3. Rainy Taxi4. Do You5. Knock Knock Knock6. Outlier7. They Want My Soul8. I Just Don't Understand9. Let Me Be Mine10. New York Kiss
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 03:36 (ten years ago) link
just finished buying tickets, seeing them at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which is just bizarre to me.
― Bee OK, Friday, 13 June 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
This arrived in the post this morning.. Halfway through. Very direct, rocky, unmistakeably Spoon.
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Saturday, 14 June 2014 10:56 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-McmDwzKCsXY/U6EtTot5iaI/AAAAAAAAApU/TX8olzsj-PA/w672-h504-no/spoonlive.jpg
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 06:11 (ten years ago) link
Cover is very Kill The Moonlight.
― i reject your shiny expensive consumerist stereo system (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 07:36 (ten years ago) link
http://spoon.kungfustore.com/they-want-my-soul/deluxe-they-want-my-soul-bundle.html
http://dgfpkz9520wnr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-13-at-1.24.13-PM.png
This bundle includes: - An instant download of the album track, ‘Rent I Pay’ upon checkout - Limited Edition Translucent Blue They Want My Soul Vinyl LP - They Want My Soul CD- Lion T-shirt- They Want My Soul Beach Ball - Set of 8 Postcards- Reproductions of They Want My Soul Handwritten Lyric Sheets.
The first 100 bundle orders will receive an autographed set.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 04:15 (ten years ago) link
think I still love sneaks best; utilitarian, car radio, advance cassette (and agony of laffitte if that counts) are all-time and the rest are swell
― anonanon, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 06:37 (ten years ago) link
oh fantastic a beach ball
― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-yAjwnz6aU
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:59 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF9aY2nsfHE
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 June 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
that is the first time i have heard "Rainy Taxi" and it is classic Spoon. this album is going to be so good, they sound like they still have that spark.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 28 June 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
I thought that Ticketfly photo was the (very cool) album cover.
― heavy on their trademark ballads (Eazy), Saturday, 28 June 2014 05:15 (ten years ago) link
no idea how i'll like the album, but i think those performances were tight as fuck.
― blisco sinferno (Hunt3r), Saturday, 28 June 2014 05:35 (ten years ago) link
well, i guess i expect i'll like it.
this album is a grower.and it's quite good.
still, they did better before.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
The National are incredibly boring. Consistent but boring.
― Moka, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
I would also like to nominate the last Horrors album as boring but good
― radioplay vs coldhead (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
every good band that repeat it's sound again and again are boring but good.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
I'd say there's a good deal more variety in the Spoon sound then say a band like AC/DC. That's not even taking into account their early Pixies sounding albums.
― DavidLeeRoth, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
i didn't say spoon are boring...
― nostormo, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
(though Britt do tend to repeat the formula of his songwriting)
― nostormo, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
on repeated listens i'm upgrading this LP from a 'really good' to a 'fucking excellent'
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
No one talks about Let Me Be Mine.It's a great song and a reminder of the good old Spoon sound..
― nostormo, Thursday, 28 August 2014 07:09 (ten years ago) link
i would not call Spoon boring either especially after seeing them live this month. i like the National but the best boring band for me would be Okkervil River.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 28 August 2014 15:29 (ten years ago) link
To me "boring" is the opposite of "compelling." Spoon are predictable and consistent--but they are almost always compelling. I couldn't imagine calling them boring. The National are boring.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 28 August 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
ha you people it's called ARTISTRY, or if you wanna throw shade, CRAFTSMANSHIP. is there a songwriter who gets less credit for actually being good at being a songwriter than b daniel
― j., Thursday, 28 August 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
Feel like they're basically today's Stereolab, and just need to get around to recording Dots & Loops to divide their audience a bit.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 28 August 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
the actual thing that he doesn't get enough credit for is being an unbelievable vocalist.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 August 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
truth
transference is especially good for that, fewer places to let the band cover him up
― j., Thursday, 28 August 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
yeah that is the definitive britt daniel vocals album
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 August 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
I really liked Transference.
This one is shaping up to be a real favourite too.
― radioplay vs coldhead (dog latin), Monday, 1 September 2014 08:25 (ten years ago) link
I've been trying to work out what 'Inside Out' reminds me of, and I've worked out it's part 'Huey Newton' by St Vincent and part the Easy Star Allstars' version of Pink Floyd's 'Us & Them'
― radioplay vs coldhead (dog latin), Monday, 1 September 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
this thing is hella singable
― j., Friday, 5 September 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
love the punchiness of the drums on this albums.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 5 September 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I've see people moaning Hagar they hate the drum sound on this record compared to earlier Spoon because the drums are flat and don't snap. Horses, courses.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 6 September 2014 07:04 (ten years ago) link
Hagar? wtf, iPhone.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 6 September 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
Hodor!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 September 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
They Want My Three Lock Box
― I Don't Wanna Ice Bucket With You (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 September 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
Just listened to an interview with these guys on the Nerdist. Jesus was that uncomfortable for Britt. He seems like a pretty quiet guy who just wants to talk about music. Few good tidbits though. "Outlier" was written without at least the music without Britt's involvement and another track on the record (they didn't say which one) had been around since Gimmie Fiction.
― DavidLeeRoth, Monday, 8 September 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
my friend told me Knock X 3 sounds like Pink Flyod's Pigs.
and he is right, in a way
― nostormo, Monday, 8 September 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
melody on the chorus of "Do You" is definitely not something I expected from Spoon. s'good though. that's what we say we want right? good and surprising?
― ugh (lukas), Monday, 8 September 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
had either Outlier or Do You stuck in my head the last three days. this might turn out to be my fave spoon record, which i never would have expected on first listen
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 10:00 (ten years ago) link
it really is right up there imo
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 10:51 (ten years ago) link
one of the highlights for me on this album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3pLsdBI6QE
― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 September 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
ok, i had some summer listens, now for some fall listens
― j., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
weekend snow listens
― j., Saturday, 8 November 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
'Inside Out' is just dandy, innit?
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 12 July 2015 23:51 (nine years ago) link
break out of character for me
― ciderpress, Sunday, 12 July 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Jeez, this album!
Why did I wait so long?!
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 12 July 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link
I faded on this quite quickly but it has come back with a vengeance. Probably their best after Gax5. Rent I pay is so-so, They Want My Soul is slightly annoying (mostly the chorus lyrics that put me off I think, a shame as the verse sounds so warm and inviting), and IJDU is worthless - but the rest is silver to gold. Walking round the house singing the falsetto 'do-do-doos' from Do You is immensely enjoyable. Sometimes I think it's the best track but then New York Kiss comes along.
― ledge, Monday, 13 July 2015 12:39 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, "Do You" is a weapons-grade earworm
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Monday, 13 July 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
I'm doing my top Spoon songs for the imminent Spoon artist poll and was surprised how many off this album made the final 20
― nate woolls, Monday, 13 July 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
i did not know that was going on!!!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 July 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I need to start gearing up for that as well.
― austinato (Austin), Monday, 13 July 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
i asked this in the poll thread. going to open the Spoon poll tonight and need help with side-poll idea's. so what kind of side-polls should we have for our Spoon poll?
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
what kind of spoon is Spoon?
http://www.chicagosilver.com/utensils_files/image001.jpg
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
Runcible obv.
― ledge, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
Have always been lukewarm on this album and I’m realizing tonight that it might be entirely due to “Outlier” (the “you walked out of Garden State” one). The rest of the album is pretty solid
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 2 April 2022 01:31 (two years ago) link
I really like this one. probably the last one I really gave a fair shake. braking my brain that it’s 8 years old now. spent a lot of time listening to this when I lived in Nashville and walked everywhere
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Monday, 4 April 2022 02:36 (two years ago) link
They Want My Soul (Deluxe More Soul Edition) out digitally now, LP and 2xCD in November.
https://spoontheband.bandcamp.com/album/they-want-my-soul-deluxe-more-soul-edition
1. Rent I Pay 03:092. Inside Out 05:033. Rainy Taxi 03:584. Do You 03:335. Knock Knock Knock 04:396. Outlier 04:217. They Want My Soul 03:218. I Just Don't Understand 02:379. Let Me Be Mine 03:2510. New York Kiss 03:2611. Rent I Pay (Home Demo) 02:1612. One More Shot (Home Demo) 02:5613. The Way Love Comes (Home Demo) 03:1514. Inside Out (Home Demo) 01:4915. They Want My Soul (Home Demo) 03:1216. Outlier (Band Demo) 03:0417. Let Me Be Mine (Night Version Dub) 04:4718. Knock Knock Knock (Band Demo) 05:3819. Do You (Band Demo) 02:4220. New York Kiss (Home Demo) 03:0121. Inside Out (Reduction Mix) 02:53
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 5 August 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
damn I feel ancient
will buy this though
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 01:38 (one month ago) link
What? This only just came out!
― Sade of the Del Amitri (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 August 2024 01:42 (one month ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2273727/spoon-they-want-my-soul-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/
Still my favorite Spoon album and looking forward to hearing the extra stuff.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 02:01 (one month ago) link
Idk what it is about them but their demos are always so good, i’m always interested to hear them
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 6 August 2024 03:29 (one month ago) link