 SPOON
>> GIMME FICTION. MERGE 2005
After
more than a decade of strong indie presence, Spoon's latest
album Gimme Fiction further exhibits the band's ability to
wear many hats. Hearing their music, it's also impressive that the
group's core is comprised of only two members: frontman Britt Daniels
and drummer Jim Eno.
Together,
Daniel and Eno--while also enlisting the likes of engineer/ co-producer
Mike McCarthy, as well as Ames Asbell and Sara Nelson of the Tosca
String Quartet for viola and cello--have released one of 2005's most
genuine and diverse rock albums. With strong alternative tones and
a dose of Brit rock flair, Gimme Fiction delivers acoustic-driven
ballads ("The Delicate Place" and "I Summon You"), funky anthems ("I
Turn My Camera On" and "Was It You?") and catchy piano serenades ("My
Mathematical Mind" and "Merchants Of Soul"). Notable elements on Spoon's
11-tune record are Daniel's fluid, granular vocals, well-woven, trippy
lyrics and diverse instrumentation, plus Eno's precise and soulful
drumming and thoughtful harmony arrangements--not to mention, miscellaneous
hand claps, tambourine, string accompaniment and backup hoots and
hollers.
Daniel
sums things up best on Gimme Fiction's smooth-rockin' leadoff
track "The Beast And Dragon, Adored." He croons, "I got a feelin,
it don't come cheap... I got a feelin and then it got to me. It took
its time a-workin into my soul. I gotta believe it come from rock
and roll." We do, too, boys. By Mike Fish
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