Spoon : Series Of Sneaks

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Sell date: 6/2002
Label: Merge (Exclusive)
Mfg's Catalog#: 29511
CDC Part#: 689442
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Full title is: Series of Sneaks [US Bonus Tracks]


Hailing from Austin, TX, SPOON originated in 1994 as a collaboration between Britt Daniel (vocals/guitar) and Jim Eno (drums) and a rotating cast of supporting players. Their hybrid of indie and punk resulted in a number of Sonic Youth and Pixies comparisons after their 1996 debut album, 'Telephono'. With 'A Series of Sneaks', Spoon became one of the unsung heroes of the guitar-driven post-punk tradition inhabited by bands such as Wire, Gang of Four, Husker Du, and the Pixies. These were the guitar wizards who could package a variety of taut, terse, and inventive guitar sounds and unpredictable melodies into short, tight bursts one could still consider pop songs. Lead singer and guitarist Britt Daniel acts as the overachieving honors student of this tradition, flushing the spaces in between with an expansive melodic vocabulary comparable to Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard.

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Utilitarian - 1:51 Play the Windows Media clip
Minor Tough - 2:42 Play the Windows Media clip
Guestlist/The Execution - 2:03 Play the Windows Media clip
Reservations - 2:35 Play the Windows Media clip
30 Gallon Tank - 4:01 Play the Windows Media clip
Car Radio - 1:29 Play the Windows Media clip
Metal Detektor - 3:38 Play the Windows Media clip
June's Foreign Spell - 3:01 Play the Windows Media clip
Chloroform - 1:09 Play the Windows Media clip
Metal School - 2:52 Play the Windows Media clip
Staring at the Board - :54 Play the Windows Media clip
No You're Not - 1:41 Play the Windows Media clip
Quincy Punk Episode - 2:18 Play the Windows Media clip
Advance Cassette - 3:00 Play the Windows Media clip
Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now [*] - 3:47 Play the Windows Media clip
Agony of Laffitte [*] - 3:37 Play the Windows Media clip
 
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