"Supergroup" / side-project (delete as appropriate depending which you thing is less pejorative) featuring Spoon's Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. I don't know Wolf Parade or New Bomb Turks, but I love Spoon, and picked this up today. Basically feels like Spoon with a synth, which is a pretty cool idea to me. Very minimal, very cool, tunes seem pretty good, very satisfying on first contact. Any thoughts / fans?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
the reviews turned me off from listening to it
― nostormo, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
Why's that?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
the summary of them is: it's an ok record, but not as good as their major bands etc
― nostormo, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
the cover of pre-birthday party birthday party is pretty cool. wonder if they actually scrounged up that record or just saw the youtube.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
― da croupier, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:30 (8 months ago) Permalink
it's a good record though - different enough from Spoon that a guy who likes Spoon (say, me) can dig it but be getting a different vibe
xp "Shivers" has been a well-loved tune by most every indie cat I know for years, the ones who like Nick Cave anyway
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah i'm not a big cave acolyte so i have no idea how familiar it was outside of "look at lil nick and pals on youtube"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 18:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
I've really been enjoying this - I think the Boeckner song that opens it ("My Love is Real") is my favorite.
― She Got the Shakes, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 22:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
I think I prefer this to the last Spoon album, and I liked that a lot. Love the Birthday Party song.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 22:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
I'm a huge Handsome Furs fan so drawn to this but I get the feeling this is more for Spoon fans.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:17 (8 months ago) Permalink
This Wolf Parade guy sounds a lot like Bono. I'm fine with that.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
album sounds like the Spoon guy and a Wolf Parade guy got together and made an album that sounds like Spoon meets Wolf Parade.
that being said, i like it about as much as Transference and definitely more than the 2 or 3 Spoon albums before that, but not as much as Girls Can Tell and stuff before that.
and i basically lost track of Wolf Parade after that first album, which, every time i listen to it, i remember it's better than i give it credit for.
― alpine static, Thursday, 6 September 2012 19:25 (8 months ago) Permalink
some good tunes, looser britt daniel than usual, album a little schizo. be interesting to hear a follow-up.
― j., Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
i just found out about this. was hoping for a new Spoon record as the last one came out in January 2010.
will have to investigate, which will start with listening to the YouTube clips above.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
This is a fucking great record.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 September 2012 07:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
Rumour has it that James Murphy wanted to produce a Spoon record but couldn't cos he was too busy with LCD Soundsystem, and that's part of the reason he folded the group. If he had produced a Spoon record, it'd probably have sounded like this. (It is produced by Nick Launay, so, you know, it might as well be, cos I'm pretty sure JM bites his style hard.)
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 September 2012 07:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
I always thought 'You wanted a hit' off the last LCD album sounded like them doing Spoon in a way.
Digging this Divine Fits album as well. Genuinely inspired collaboration from two artists who are super consistent.
― InternetAlan, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah i am v much on board with this. boeckner and daniel compliment each other well. it is primarily spoon sounding because of the space but there is a fuzz that drags it a ways in the direction of boeckner's bands.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 21 September 2012 10:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
still conflicting feelings about picking this up - as much as I love the Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade and Spoon have always left me cold
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 21 September 2012 12:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
If Spoon leave you cold, this probably will too, as (from what I know of the others), it's closest to Spoon.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 September 2012 12:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
"would that not be nice" is such a good song. i like the rest of the album too but that's the serious jam on here.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, that's my favourite too.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:30 (7 months ago) Permalink
Britt Daniel is doing an IAmA on Reddit tomorrow.
Still love this record.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 21:37 (5 months ago) Permalink
i just bought this CD, haven't listen to it quite yet.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 01:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
I was surprised by the "Shivers" cover, as I hadn't read about the album before playing. Another possible place they found it (which is where I did): Dogs In Space movie, where it appears twice. Actually the song that follows the cover, something to do with ice cream, is pretty good. It's like a slightly less spoon-y production spoon.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
This is my album of the year, totally loving it.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 08:43 (5 months ago) Permalink
Great record. It's also belongs in the rare group of albums where side 2 is better than side 1.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:17 (5 months ago) Permalink