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Spoon - They Want My Soul

Spoon will release new album They Want My Soul on August 5 via Loma Vista. They played some new material from the album at their Governors Ball set earlier this month, as well as their NPR-hosted show at Le Poison Rogue, where they premiered the album’s single “Rent I Pay.”

The live performance blew me away in person, and the band hit the same highs on the recorded version. It’s the album’s opener and it sets the tone right with sharp riffs, persistent percussion from Jim Eno and some well placed organ bits. It’s available to stream below. You can also find a quote about the album that the band shared on their facebook, as well as the album’s tracklisting and some new tours dates, which include a Central Park show on September 10.

The album was recorded this past winter, mostly at Public HiFi in Austin and Tarbox in Cassadaga, NY. It was the first time we’ve had the chance to work with Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT, Creaming Jesus) and we’re pretty sure that the levels indicate this to be our loudest record — it’s also Deux Deux’s favorite. What else. . .Side One begins with the gnarliest Jim Eno drum sound ever recorded and Side Two ends with Rob Pope’s bass amp completely breaking down to fuzz + hiss at the end of a take. The record’s got beats, whispers, chants, guitars, whistles, secret codes, and horror-movie strings. It’s got songs about holy rollers, back masking, real life properties of physics, love during the apocalypse and a brief reappearance of Jonathon Fisk.

1. Rent I Pay
2. Inside Out
3. Rainy Taxi
4. Do You
5. Knock Knock Knock
6. Outlier
7. They Want My Soul
8. I Just Don’t Understand
9. Let Me Be Mine
10. New York Kiss

06/26-28/14 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

07/12-13/14 – Telluride, CO – The Ride Festival

07/18/14 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival

07/25/14 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party

08/01/14 – Chicago, IL- Metro

08/02/14 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza

08/05/14 – San Diego, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre at Chula Vista*

08/08/14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fairbanks Lawn of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

08/10/14 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands

08/17/14 – Portland, OR – Musicfest NW

08/30/14 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau *

08/30-31/14 – Philadelphia, PA – Made in America Festival

09/02/14 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre +

09/05/14 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival

09/06/14 – Norfolk, VA – Norva +

09/07/14 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling Music Festival

09/10/14 – New York, NY – Central Park

09/11/14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead +

09/12/14 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room +

09/13/14 – Hamilton, ON – Supercrawl Festival

09/14/14 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Theatre +

09/16/14 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre ^

09/17/14 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre ^

09/18/14 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre ^

09/19/14 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre ^

09/20/14 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant ^

09/21/14 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall ^

09/23/14 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom ^

10/03-05/14 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival

10/10-12/14 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival

11/01/14 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso

11/02/14 – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefarlich

11/03/14 – Basel, CH – Kaserne Reithalle

11/04/14 – Cologne, DE – Luxor

11/05/14 – Gent, BE – Vooruit

11/06/14 – Paris, FR – Trabendo

11/07/14 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

* supporting Arcade Fire

+ with Hamilton Leithauser

^ with EMA


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