This band has amassed one heck of a body of work that's remarkably consistent without necessarily being repetitive.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 February 2022 23:05 (two years ago) link
This is a great record. Wild and My Babe are knocking me out.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 06:57 (two years ago) link
They churn out golden tunes out with so much ease. MY BABE
― bonus donut (rizzx), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 08:43 (two years ago) link
after repeated listenings, finding this album tiring and annoyingtoo much rockin for me i guess
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:29 (two years ago) link
"my babe" and the astral song are pretty good though
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:30 (two years ago) link
Maybe you're not rockin enough, have you considered that? Or maybe you're rockin too much - in a rocking chair!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link
not much of a surprise but this album is incredibly well-recorded
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
put it on yesterday, i was like yeah yeah another spoon album, no rush. of course i've already played most of it 3 times. they just never miss.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 02:05 (two years ago) link
Encore:17. Isolation (John Lennon cover)18. Wild19. The Way We Get By20. Black Like Me21. Rent I Pay
― Bee OK, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 3:02 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
this encore is fucking incredible btw
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 02:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxCeLc93VAY
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
Oh, there is also a bonus of Wild, Small Stakes, Inside Out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IF1SQi_agw
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:02 (two years ago) link
The last couple didn’t massively connect with me - I enjoyed them a bit but didn’t adore them like the run from KTM through Transference - but this is absolutely back up there for me.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:37 (two years ago) link
Been listening to this a lot lately and I think I've finally decided that, despite a few decent tracks and the excellent production we've come to expect from these guys, it's almost definitely my least favorite Spoon album. I'm also baffled by the sequencing. Title track is great, though.
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 19 February 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Yeah not their best, but still a solid album which isn’t a surprise coming from them at this point even after so many years into their career.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 February 2022 01:26 (two years ago) link
“Wild” is probably their most immediate single in ages.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 February 2022 01:41 (two years ago) link
i bought this CD and got it today, can't wait to finally hear this album
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
ironically, i think the last CD i bought was Hot Thoughts and that was at their show
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 18:46 (two years ago) link
Bee OK, what did you think of the new one?
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 25 February 2022 13:05 (two years ago) link
Miss this but was able to give it a good five listens. Another very solid Spoon album as they just have a knack for that. I can't really think of too many bands that have this good of an album for album number 10. It seems like everything is in the right place and the production is outstanding. I'm a big fan of the second half and do wonder where this album will rank in a years time on my Spoon list. I'm a little disappointed they didn't keep going down the electronic direction of their last album but I might be over ranking Hot Thoughts. This album does rock but seems a bit short, I actually think they should have put one more song on it. For Spoon fans I can see why they think it is a return to form as it does feel like a classic Spoon album and to do that in 2022 is remarkable imo.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link
I love Hot Thoughts and prefer it.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
Have played this ten times, is that enough to decide that aside from Wild it really isn't doing anything for me?
― ledge, Friday, 11 March 2022 09:23 (two years ago) link
It's the first Spoon album I'll probably never listen to again. On the whole I think it's pretty disappointing, which is the first time I have felt that way about a Spoon album. "Held" is actually pretty awful. Sounds like the Black Keys.
As for the length, it doesn't bother me, as I like short albums, bu they could have padded this out with one of the great live Tom Petty covers they released in video form last year.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 11 March 2022 10:05 (two years ago) link
same
― sean gramophone, Friday, 11 March 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
Yeah "Held" could be their worst song ever (cover or not, terrible lyrics too), and "The Hardest Cut" isn't much better, but after that I really like the album. Not as good as Hot Thoughts though.
― paulhw, Friday, 11 March 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
It also seems like an almost vulgar misread of the original song (which I only heard recently), with all the conspicuous rock and roll vocal affectations ("I let myself be held / (yeah) / Like a big old baby / whoo!"). And to start the record that way? Baffling decision.
I still think the title track's great, which is why I'll probably keep the record.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 11 March 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
This has to be the least talked about new Spoon album ever on ILM. I see they are now going to co-headline a tour with Interpol this summer but there are no Los Angeles dates as of yet.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 22:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2181381/interpol-spoon-coheadlining-tour-dates/news/
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 22:37 (two years ago) link
Is anyone going to see Spoon on this current tour that just started? I'm thinking about going again because they are so good live.
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 April 2022 01:36 (two years ago) link
i saw them last week in boston
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2022 01:42 (two years ago) link
This might be their worst album outside of their debut. There is no lasting power with this and although good it's subpar when you compare it to other Spoon albums. Hot Thoughts and They Want My Soul are so good maybe that should have been expected.
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 April 2022 01:43 (two years ago) link
how was the show?
xpost?
I read someone's tweet that they're doing John Lennon's "Isolation" as one of the encores
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 April 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link
they were covering that years ago, brought it back for obvious reasons
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2022 03:06 (two years ago) link
They just postponed the next few shows because someone got COVID, so if that frees up a ticket, I may go.
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 April 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
I haven’t gone back to this much, honestly.
(It’d be fun to see them live, though.)
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 April 2022 14:29 (two years ago) link
Nor have I.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 April 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
i haven't either haha. excited to see them live soon though
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 15 April 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
i just bought ticket to see them in Hollywood in June, it will be the second time in this tour but first time since this newer album has been out. They are also playing with Interpol in a coheadliner thingy but this is not that.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
Can't believe how expensive tickets are these days, I know everything is but it feels like they are making up for the last few years.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 23:53 (one year ago) link
Oh I talked about that already, sorry
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 May 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
tonight's show in nyc surpassed expectations ---
great setlist, indulgent w/ hits but felt to hit all the right marks
guesting dan boeckner during the encore and doing wolf parade's 'modern world' made my week, i love him (i guess he's in town for arcade fire's somehow fifth snl episode tomorrow)
spoon rules
― blue6ave, Saturday, 7 May 2022 04:22 (one year ago) link
It's my birthday and a friend is taking me to go see Spoon tonight in Hollywood.
Yahoo!
― Bee OK, Friday, 3 June 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
Dang, happy birthday bee ok! Hope it’s a killer show
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 3 June 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
Saw them in April, they were great, just a good ol' rock&roll show from the git-go.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 3 June 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
The opening band was Geese from New York City and this was there fifth show ever. they were good, they are classic rock/Strokes vibe going and I could see they could become something.
As I stated it was my birthday and my friend Rob wanted to buy me a beer. Well he could not find his way back to me. So I was shouting on my phone between bands and of course everyone around me knew what was going on. Then a bunch of people put on their flashlight, on their phones to try and direct him back to me. I then had a dad and his daughter trying to help and he was throwing his daughter up in the air for my buddy to see. It was the greatest thing ever. It didn't work and so I lost my prime real-estate.
Spoon were great as usual. My only complaint is they played like six songs from the new album but that was fine as it's this tour. My friend, who had skepticism of Spoon, absolutely loved them and finally after all these years won him over.
― Bee OK, Monday, 6 June 2022 22:54 (one year ago) link
They said they haven't played this in a long time. I know I have never heard it live before. "The Mystery Zone."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI29iv4hDUE
― Bee OK, Monday, 6 June 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryyHZeK4aNc
― Bee OK, Friday, 24 June 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link
Probably my favorite song from this album, anyway the video was released today.
― Bee OK, Friday, 24 June 2022 00:47 (one year ago) link
This album is such a triumph. The term that keeps coming to mind, for whatever reason, is "victory lap."
I was trying to construct an elaborate and unnecessary career analogy between Leonard Cohen and Spoon, which would I guess make this = 1992's The Future (25 years on from the debut and releasing some of the best songs of their career, just with slightly longer gaps between albums). Here's hoping I don't have to wait 9 years to hear the next one!
― Sonned by a comedy podcast after a dairy network beef (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
I'm actually loving this a lot myself. I began playing Spoon non-stop for two days after having to pass on their surprise show last night due to work and life commitments (at a small venue with a mere 280 capacity - ARGH) and I was surprised how great this sounded after hearing the previous five albums in a row. Hot Thoughts was commendable but I liked those songs better via live recordings - same arrangements and everything but something about the way that record's mixed made it sound kind of congested and a bit too manicured for my tastes. The sound of Lucifer really jumps out more, and it feels more lively and a bit more spontaneous - the more I listen to it, the more it feels like everyone's in the moment and playing off of each other. It's possible that's not the case at all, especially given how much work was done during the pandemic, but that's what I hear.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 25 August 2022 04:11 (one year ago) link