Time may not exactly heal all wounds, but it can lend the perspective and strength to channel pain into something positive. Such is the case with Spoon; their perennial indie rock underdog status and disastrous stint on Elektra have focused and tempered the trio's brash energy instead of crushing it. Their third full-length, Girls Can Tell, reflects the group's lean, hungry stance in its spare, spiky, immaculately crafted songs. "Take the Fifth" and "Take a Walk" take Spoon's smart, bouncy, slightly tough signature sound to another level; while the ghosts of the Pixies, Nirvana, and Elvis Costello still haunt songs like "Lines in the Suit," Girls Can Tell's sharp wordplay, barbed guitars, and appealingly raw vocals prove that the group embraces their influences without becoming slaves to them. Britt Daniel's increasingly eclectic and expansive songwriting comes to the forefront on "Everything Hits at Once," a taut, brooding pop song driven by vibes, keyboards, yearning, and pride; "Me and the Bean" suggests the direction alternative/indie rock should have taken after Nirvana's implosion. This album is also Spoon's most emotionally eclectic collection of songs, ranging from "Anything You Want," a sunny pop song drawn with just a few artfully placed strokes to "1020 AM," a brooding, slightly psychedelic piece of folk-rock that recalls Daniel's Drake Tungsten side project. "This Book Is a Movie," an appropriately tense, filmic instrumental, and "Chicago at Night," a slightly spooky pop song with winding guitars and an off-kilter melody, complete Girls Can Tell, making it Spoon's most mature, accomplished work to date and a fine balance of fire and polish.
oh wow.why does everything have to hit at once?i mean i never have good days anymore. some are just less terrible than others.and today had to be one of the worst days i've ever had.i don't understand why people have to be such jackasses. i mean people could at least have enough balls to act polite to my face. i mean a simple acknowledgement of my presence would have been enough. or at least le...
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on the way to the city and on back, this album was my soundtrack. it's a hectic melange of loneliness, apprehension, and confusion.
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Although I started this thing awhile back, I haven't really had the chance to update it, due to my constant busy-ness, among other things.I find it interesting how music can change peoples' lives; it has changed mine for sure. In a good way, of course. 3AM contemplations are by far the best; I believe that is when the best writing is done. Or at least for me. I'm at one of those relaxed states...
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this is my new favorite song.Cake-like with bit of a jam-band feel. Cake-like because of the weird quirky lyrics. Jam-band feel because of the jam around 1:15 that sounds like it could go onf for WAAAY longer. Slightly Beatley.
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this is my new favorite song.Cake-like with bit of a jam-band feel. Cake-like because of the weird quirky lyrics. Jam-band feel because of the jam around 1:15 that sounds like it could go onf for WAAAY longer. Slightly Beatley.
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oh wow.why does everything have to hit at once?i mean i never have good days anymore. some are just less terrible than others.and today had to be one of the worst days i've ever had.i don't understand why people have to be such jackasses. i mean people could at least have enough balls to act polite to my face. i mean a simple acknowledgement of my presence would have been enough. or at least le...
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listening to old spoon songs. well not that old. girls can tell album. i really loved this album when it first came out and every once in a while i find myself listening to it. lines in the suit is one of my favorite spoon songs.
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on the way to the city and on back, this album was my soundtrack. it's a hectic melange of loneliness, apprehension, and confusion.
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spoon's fifth album ??ga ga ga ga ga?? is continuing to grow on me, but I don't know if any it can beat ??Girls Can Tell?? Frankly, I always find myself automatically saying "their old stuff was better." not just with spoon, but with a lot of growing artists/bands. maybe it's just the nostalgia that comes with those older songs that punches that statement out of me. or maybe it's the truth. I ...
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Although I started this thing awhile back, I haven't really had the chance to update it, due to my constant busy-ness, among other things.I find it interesting how music can change peoples' lives; it has changed mine for sure. In a good way, of course. 3AM contemplations are by far the best; I believe that is when the best writing is done. Or at least for me. I'm at one of those relaxed states...
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| 1 Everything Hits at Once |
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| 2 Believing Is Art |
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| 3 Me and the Bean |
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| 4 Lines in the Suit |
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| 5 The Fitted Shirt |
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| 6 Anything You Want |
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| 7 Take a Walk |
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| 8 1020 AM |
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| 9 Take the Fifth |
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| 10 This Book Is a Movie |
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| 11 Chicago at Night |
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