TrendRobot Rating:  8/10

I simply had to designate Spoon as the bearers of today’s Track of the Day.  With somewhat of a disappoint showing on their latest, Transferrence, I had to put a nod in to the great work on prior albums.

Albeit a pop supergroup of sorts, Spoon was always innovative in that everything was stripped down to it’s bare, raw, lo-fi essence.  Sounding like a garage recording from the 70′s, Pitchfork once described Spoon’s early sound as “just swinging by the studio to drop off some tunes”.  I couldn’t have summed it up any better.

Playful and exuberant, Britt Daniel stretches his rasp beyond key every opportunity he gets on A Series of Sneaks.  The band, on this album, really established their forte in creating brit-rock infused R&B, playing through grooves and rhymes as only white men can.

While you're here, check out:

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2. Spoon throws it in neutral on Transference
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4. Sights: Spoon on Conan
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