Spoon haven’t launched a brand new album since 2022’s wonderful Lucifer on the Couch. However since they’re about to hit the highway with the Pixies later this week, it solely appears becoming they’d drop a brand-new double A-side single. Hope you want your indie rock of the “shock!” high quality.
Each “Chateau Blues” and “Guess I’m Fallin in Love” had been recorded alongside producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, 9 Inch Nails, and St. Vincent). The previous is a delightfully lo-fi jam — not in contrast to The Kinks meets The Ramones. In the meantime, the latter is a little more deliberate however continues to be full of a lot of Spoon’s trademark wit, piss-and-vinegar mentality, and infinite beaming coronary heart. Try the lyric movies for each tracks under.
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In a press release, frontman Britt Daniel had this two say relating to the bona fide jams: “Two new tunes with distinct personalities that had been summoned into the world the previous few months in Austin TX and Windfall RI [sic]. It’s an actual pleasure and we’re actual pleased to be getting again into gig world for a sec. See you down entrance.”
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So, may these songs imply a brand new album (the band’s eleventh general) is on the best way? You higher consider it, sports activities followers.
“We began work on an album this 12 months, and the best way that usually goes, we write, we rehearse, we report, we combine, we get all of it wrapped up tightly after which begin placing songs out into the world,” Daniel stated in the identical assertion. “However as we completed up the primary two songs for the LP, it crossed anyone’s thoughts, and finally all of ours, that these two actually ought to come out now. Let’s get them on the market.”
No phrase but on another pertinent album particulars (launch date, tracklist, different producers concerned, and so forth.) Nonetheless, the assertion did additionally point out to “hold your eyes peeled for different surprises,” so who is aware of what awaits loyal Spoon-heads.
After a solo gig tonight (August 26), Spoon will assist Pixies starting August twenty seventh in San Diego, California. That outing additionally visits Morrison, CO; Houston; Pittsburgh; Chicago; and a number of other different massive hubs earlier than winding down on September seventeenth in Nashville. Seize your tickets right here.
Spoon 2025 Tour Dates:
08/26 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
08/27 — San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Sq. *
08/28 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley *
08/30 — Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield *
08/31 — Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater *
09/02 — Morrison, CO @ Pink Rocks Amphitheatre *
09/04 — Oklahoma Metropolis, OK @ The Zoo Amphitheatre *
09/05 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater *
09/06 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Corridor *
09/08 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Firm *
09/09 — Raleigh, NC @ Pink Hat Amphitheater *
09/10 — Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards *
09/12 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
09/14 — Asbury Park, NJ @ See.Hear.Now Pageant
09/15 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
09/16 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre *
09/17 — Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle *
09/19 — Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Pageant 2025
09/20 — Atlanta, GA @ Heart Stage
* = w/ Pixies