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SPOON - Gimme Fiction
| StylusMagazine |
| Creative evolution’s a boon and a bane. In many ways, Spoon’s idiosyncratic progressions forced them to forge a new fan-base with every record. Each album alienated many of the followers gained from the previous recording, typically with the charge that the band had changed their sound to widen their appeal....full text |
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| Dotmusic |
| During the coming months, thousands of customers will buy into the myth of a well-known Mancunian tribute band who, ten years down the line, are still trying to rip-off The Beatles. That in itself probably says more about the British than a thousand history books, but you can bet that few will find their nostalgic expectations met by the results - especially when they find versions of The Strangler's "Golden Brown" and The Velvet Underground's "Waiting For The Man" in place of the usual "Hey Jude" retreads....full text |
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| RollingStone |
| Austin quartet Spoon turned out workmanlike indie-rock records for eight years, until 2002's irresistible, groove-driven Kill the Moonlight took them to another level. Tracks like "My Mathematical Mind," on their new album, Gimme Fiction, recapture what made Moonlight great: retro-leaning piano melodies, simple two-beat rhythms and Britt Daniel's cocky, deadpan vocals....full text |
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