Gimme Fiction or Give Me Death!

Salutations to people of the interblag, I bring news of a great band. A band which I would say is one of the best bands around presently, Spoon. Spoon are a band out of Austin, TX who have a sound which grooves so hard that it is hard to stand. They are one of the tightest bands around and never lose a beat. Led by Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, this band is an unstoppable force in the modern day rock and roll scene.

Album Review

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Gimme Fiction


This album is the turning point in the solid groove stage in Spoon's history. To hear what spoon used to sound like (raw and more angry) check out Telophono, and A Series of Sneaks. This album however starts the real solid groove out with "The Beast and Dragon Adored" which is my personal favorite song on this album. With the clean-as-can-be drumbeat and the low low bass notes in the piano with light guitar comping, this makes a perfect set up to have Daniel's punching vocals on top. This song makes a great starter to this album because it references several songs in the lyrics; "The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine" "I Summon You" "They Never Got You" are all referenced in the song. This song shows us all that all you need is rock and roll in your soul to feel alive.

To continue on this amazing album, it has some of Spoon's most popular hits, inculding the catchy "I Turn My Camera On" and the hemiola-mind-melt groove of "My Mathematical Mind," both of which make an appearance on the Stranger Than Fiction Soundtrack (great movie). The closest thing to a love song on this album is the catchy tune "I Summon You." The album wraps up on an upbeat note with "Merchants of Soul" which seems simple, but in the layering makes the song great.

As far as continuity goes, this album blends together so well you could remove the track seperators and just go from song to song and love every minute of it.

Until next time, folks.

9/10