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Song of the Day #2,365: ‘Do You’ – Spoon

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Best Songs of 2014 – #13
‘Do You’ – Spoon

I’m a casual fan, at best, of Spoon, the alt-rock band hailing from Austin, Texas.

I first discovered them in 2005 after the release of Gimme Fiction, a brainy funk album that didn’t sound like anything else I’d heard. I bought their next record, 2007’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (think I got the right number of Ga’s) and enjoyed it but didn’t return to it very often.

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Song of the Day #2,227: ‘Knock Knock Knock’ – Spoon

spoon_they_want_my_soulAnother great find from my recent musical shopping spree, Spoon’s They Want Me Soul is a tight, expertly crafted song cycle — which seems to be par for the course for these guys.

I own only three of the band’s eight albums, but all of them are similarly sparse and effective. Meaty, metronomic drums lay under stabbing electric guitars and front man Britt Daniel’s raspy vocals. It’s a simple sound but somehow one they’ve made their own.

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