They Want My Soul
Loma Vista
2014
Rating: 6 depressed orangutans out of 10
I was surely gonna write something deep and insightful about this new Spoon record like I do with all of my reviews, but I just can't. I don't think I care anymore. Not sure if it's the band or me or (most likely) a little of both, but I just haven't given a shit about any of their records since probably 2005's "Gimme Fiction." It still sounds like Spoon though, and it always will as long as Britt Daniel is piloting the ship, but something is missing...it might just be overproduced and not raw enough, or maybe it's more. It's probably no coincidence that their best record is still "Girls Can Tell," and it sounds like it might have been recorded in the janitor's closet of a run-down laundromat.
Most bands can't manage one great album, Spoon has had two or three. This isn't one of them...but it's fine. Totally fine, and forgettable. Does make me want to listen to "Girls Can Tell" or "Kill the Moonlight" though.
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