Spoon is most likely the very best working band alive. as well as yet they’re often pigeonholed as an indie beat band, even after their incredibly experimental, jam-based album “They want My Soul.” My hope is that hot thoughts lastly silences the doubters.
It starts with a tune that feels quite Spoon-y: Whisperi’lllistentohearit. It’s short, it’s minimalist, the lyrics are vaguely personal. It’s complied with by Do I have To Talk You into In, which has lead singer Britt Daniel singing in his normally somewhat hoarse voice about a connection with a girl. Yeah, that’s familiar too. however it’s tighter than usual. as well as much fuzzier. It feels…More Spoon-y? More complete. It feels like their noise has been perfected, best down to the drums-and-synth breakdown at the end—a holdover from their “They want My Soul” album.
And it just keeps going like that.
This is the band’s sleekest, best-written album yet. as well as that’s stating something.
But not only is it a conventional Spoon album, it likewise moves them forward. “Pink Up” is an fancy experiment in electronica as well as nontraditional sounds—a pure studio song, like The Beatles’ transformation #9, from a band that makes online music each time it gets together. “Can I sit next To You” feels like a Temptations cover. then there’s they weird “I Ain’t The One” as well as the anti-Trump demonstration tune “Tear It Down,” which practically seems like a late-stage Beatles song.
I might go on as well as on. Seriously. If this doesn’t end up being the very best album of 2017, then we’re in for some really amazing music this year.