Coming just a year-and-a-half after their triumphant return Girls Can Tell, Kill the Moonlight isn't so much a step backward as a step sideways, almost like a breather after the emotional and musical intensity of their previous album. It isn't surprising, really, that the group would choose to follow such a cathartic album as Girls Can Tell with a collection of tougher, leaner, and meaner songs like "All the Pretty Girls Go to the City," which sounds like the inverse of Girls' "Everything Hits at Once"; "The Way We Get By," a prime example of Spoon's smart, nervy rock; or the spare, spooky pop of "Paper Tiger" and "Someone Something." It is somewhat surprising, however, that Spoon managed to pare down their sound even more on Kill the Moonlight -- tracks such as "Small Stakes" and "Something to Look Forward To" are so stripped-down and sculpted that they're practically aerodynamic; the only problem is that they don't always take off from there. Still, even the album's sparest moments feature Spoon's much-heralded knack with catchy melodies and hooks, even if songs such as "Don't Let It Get You Down" would be even more memorable with a slightly more fleshed-out approach. Hints of this appear on the songs with unique production twists, such as "Stay Don't Go," which sports a human beatbox rhythm; on the distant backing vocals and baritone saxes of "You Gotta Feel It"; and on the album-closer, "Vittorio E.," an undulating, vaguely psychedelic allad that finally gives the band's playing and songwriting the full treatment they deserve. Though the album's brittle immediacy is far from a disappointment, and the quick turnaround between Kill the Moonlight and their previous one is a treat for Spoon fans, one can't help but notice that this album just isn't as revelatory as Girls Can Tell. But even if the artistic course Spoon seems to be plotting is two steps forward, one step back, it's more than rewarding enough to enjoy every stop on the journey.
20. Spoon Kill the MoonlightFew bands have had the impact and the staying power that Spoon have had over the last 10-years. While many buzzed about bands fizzle out in an album or two, these Austin natives have consistently churned out solid records that have slowly gotten bigger over time. The band were never better than they were on their 2002 release Kill the Moonlight. Once again the band d...
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you sweet talk like a cop and you know ityou bought a new bag of pot and said lets make a new startwell thats the way to my heart, thats the way to my heartoh take me away baby
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It's Sunday. The end of the weekend is, unfortunately, nigh. I need to get some work done today, but I'm in a great mood. UCLA won yesterday, when it mattered perhaps more than it has in a long time. I've been getting great music recommendations from all of you, which makes my heart happy.So today, I'm looking for some kind of upbeat but chill music so that I may be productive in getting my wor...
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20. Spoon Kill the MoonlightFew bands have had the impact and the staying power that Spoon have had over the last 10-years. While many buzzed about bands fizzle out in an album or two, these Austin natives have consistently churned out solid records that have slowly gotten bigger over time. The band were never better than they were on their 2002 release Kill the Moonlight. Once again the band d...
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This'll be short and sweet... or kinda bitter, actually...This song just about sums up how my head feels at the end of a Monday, this Monday. The pacing of this tune, the words, all of it. All of it.Hey, MOGgers - you know how it goes? Don't you?
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It's Sunday. The end of the weekend is, unfortunately, nigh. I need to get some work done today, but I'm in a great mood. UCLA won yesterday, when it mattered perhaps more than it has in a long time. I've been getting great music recommendations from all of you, which makes my heart happy.So today, I'm looking for some kind of upbeat but chill music so that I may be productive in getting my wor...
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Had a friend never asked me if I owned the Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack, I wouldn't have realized that I had Kill the Moonlight in my music collection. Sadly, I had to tell him no, however I knew Spoon was on the album, and I thought I had, at one point, gotten ahold of something they'd done. Since finding it, I've managed to sit through the entirety of Kill the Moonlight. I must say. ...
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you sweet talk like a cop and you know ityou bought a new bag of pot and said lets make a new startwell thats the way to my heart, thats the way to my heartoh take me away baby
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| 1 Small Stakes |
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| 2 The Way We Get By |
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| 3 Something to Look Forward To |
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| 4 Stay Don't Go |
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| 5 Jonathon Fisk |
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| 6 Paper Tiger |
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| 7 Someone Something |
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| 8 Don't Let It Get You Down |
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| 9 All the Pretty Girls Go to the City |
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| 10 You Gotta Feel It |
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| 11 Back to the Life |
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| 12 Vittorio E. |
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