Lucifer on the Moon is the anti-gravity companion to Spoon’sLucifer on the Sofa. It’s a full-on reimagination of the Austin band’s tenth album created by On-U Sound founder and UK dub icon, Adrian Sherwood. Lucifer on the Moon flips Lucifer on the Sofa’s rhythm tracks inside-out, and often rebuilds them wholesale. Sherwood supplied extensive additional instrumentation via On-U’s extended family of session players, including bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc (both of whom performed in Sugarhill Records’ early ’80s in-house rhythm section)....
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Spoon have shared ‘My Babe,’ alongside their new album Lucifer On the Sofa via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. ‘My Babe’ is a song of contrast. What begins as a sentimental ballad with a heartbreaking piano melody yields to an exuberant chorus with a proclamation of sheer bravado. Hailed by Time magazine as “one of the greatest American rock bands,” Spoon previously shared the visceral and vivid track ‘Wild‘ a song Stereogum says “demands to be played from rooftops”. It follows...
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In the lead up to their forthcoming new album Lucifer On the Sofa, out February 11 (Matador Records / Remote Control), Spoon share ‘Wild’, a celebratory and anthemic song about finding one’s way from cashed out depths back into a vivid world full of colour and life. ‘Wild’ is the second track that Spoon have revealed off of Lucifer On the Sofa. Like ‘The Hardest Cut’ before it, the song captures the sound of a band cracking things open and letting it all spill...
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Spoon has shared their take on The Beatles 1967 fan club single ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’ for Spotify Singles: Holiday Edition 2021. The collection marks the fifth year of Spotify Singles: Holiday and includes a wide range of covers and originals, from artists across a myriad of genres, in hopes of connecting friends and family from afar as they listen. Spoon recently announced the forthcoming release of their tenth studio album, Lucifer On the Sofa, out February 11th, 2022....
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Spoon’s tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, is the band’s purest rock ’n roll record to date. Texas-made, it is the first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown of Austin in more than a decade. Lucifer on the Sofa bottles the physical thrill of a band tearing up a packed room. It’s an album of intensity and intimacy, where the music’s harshest edges feel as...
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