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Listen to “Trouble Comes Running” from Transference

Spoon has become the stuff of legend.  Throwing together post-punk/R & B styled rock ‘n’ roll from the 70’s, Spoon rode what was arguably the longest winning streak in modern rock history.  From the storied battles with A&R managers nearly a decade ago, to their rise from Saddle Creek records, Spoon has always found a place in indie critic’s hearts despite being one of the most recognized bands in pop culture. A catalog of records on “best of” lists, the world over, Spoon was the band that could do no wrong.  However, on their latest record, Transference, the band seems to be throwing the creativity-transmission into neutral and chose to cruise with what they’ve got.  This isn’t a bad thing . . . it’s Spoon for god’s sake . . . but at some point, we’re going to get sick of listening to Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.

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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.