Spoon, "Gimme Fiction"

for years somehow i was missing the mp3 for 'delicate place'. now that i have it the whole album is fucked up! what a way to ruin the momentum from 'mathematical mind' > 'sister jack'. :/

i might delete that track and go for a run tomorrow and see if you're onto something

karma for stealing rather than buying maybe

I was in this drop D metal band we called Requiem

We listened to Gimme Fiction so much when it came out when I was working at Tower Records. Me and a couple coworkers had a choreographed dance routine for the first part of 'Sister Jack.' Haha.

Pretty classic mid-2000s album.

Haven't listened to this in years, but man, was this band in a groove. Girls, Moonlight, this, G5 ...

Took me a bit to get into this one because it was so different from the crisp clean sounds of Girls and Moonlight but I came around eventually.

At this point my fav might be "Merchants of Soul", Eno is just beating his brains out on that one

Still not huge on "The Infinite Pet" or "The Delicate Place" but the rest is wall to wall bangers

yeah aside from the first few spins I think I've skipped "The Infinite Pet" every time I've listened to this album since then. On my playlist I replace it with b-side "Monkey Feelings" which works way better imo

Their best album.

nah but definitely their best album from their popular festival-band era

After its predecessors it feels like an awesome victory lap. Like, "now that you guys have caught up, check this out." And then G5 is like "now that we still have your attention ..."

I like that "Beast and Dragon" and "Don't Make Me a Target" are essentially the same song yet don't make each other redundant, somehow

"I Turn My Camera On" should be having a comeback in the zoom era

i turn my camera on
i take my PC mic off mute

the best ever drop-d metal band called Requiem outta Denton

listening now, "sister jack" and "i summon you" are all-time great spoon songs

I think "My Mathematical Mind" is the coolest.