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Spoon - Hot Thoughts

Review by Andrew Harrison

In short: Hot Thoughts is Spoon’s take on a dance record»

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Spoon release their monumental new album Hot Thoughts on Matador Records. Produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann, Austin’s most esteemed rock ambassadors have created the bravest, most sonically inventive work of their illustrious career. Reuniting the band with the label that released their 1996 debut, Telephono, and following on Spoon’s streak of three consecutive US Top 10 albums - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007), Transference (2010) and They Want My Soul (2014) - Hot Thoughts is nothing short of epic. Listening to Hot Thoughts, it’s instantly apparent why Spoon are considered one of the most critically acclaimed acts of the first decade of the new millennium. Within the space of 10 captivating songs – all written by Britt Daniel - Hot Thoughts creates a musical universe all its own, with individual worlds ranging from the kaleidoscopic opening/title track - through the gargantuan stomp of Do I Have To Talk You Into It and ubiquitous wiry hooks of Can I Sit Next To You to the bittersweet I Ain’t The One and beyond.
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