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| Popmatters |
 Spoon, perhaps the greatest American band of the ‘00s, is a dissident in the studio, for its record-making methodology is counterintuitive to the common practices of its 21st-century peers. It nips and tucks the places that others would normally bulk up, disassembles the structural conceits that are prone to sky-high ostentation, and is an unorthodox decision-maker when it comes to arrangements. Take, for example, “The Underdog”, the catchiest song and first single from the band’s sixth LP, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. It’s a dazzling little pop nugget, one that manages stylistic allusions to both Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” and the Beatles’ “Got to Get You into My Life”, but its arrangement is streamlined and subversive: pieces of the mix drop out when least expected and big-music build-ups turn out to be nothing more than strategic teases; we’re often left to contend with nothing more than a sprinkling of metallic percussion, peppy horns, and/or acoustic guitar strums. A less tactful band would have stumbled upon the song’s hook and shot it straight to the stars, cocooned in layers of unnecessary sound, and you could hardly blame them for it—pop songs this hot practically scream for the wall-of-sound treatment. But in refusing to go the obvious route, Spoon fashions a fresh perspective on an otherwise familiar undertaking....full text |
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| Sputnikmusic.com |
| This album gets started with the politically-charged opener called "Don't Make Me A Target,"... and what an opener. Complete with lead singer and guitarist Britt Daniel singing clever and funny lines such as "Thugs and stick and bats and balls, for nuclear dicks with dialect drawls" and screeching the title of the song and a fantastic, over-1-minute breakdown keeps the listener completely focused with both the lyrics and the music....full text |
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| Drowned in sound |
| Even after more than ten years in existence, Spoon, unlike say the Strokes, are one of those rare bands who, album after album, repeatedly prove themselves capable of successfully building and expanding upon their tensely wound, streamlined take on rock. If you’re unfamiliar with their previous work, just think early Elvis Costello tossed into a blender with the Pixies, Pavement and the lighter side of Sonic Youth...full text |
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