The Mark Of A Good Band
posted by Villain at 3:27 PM
Spoon - I Could Be Underground
The last Spoon record got so much pub. i liked it and all, but i didn't really give a damn about that record like i did Kill The Moonlight - that was one of those rare albums were nearly every song was my favorite at one point or another during a 6 month span.
And if you liked Kill The Moonlight, you really gotta take a look back at the previous album. As far as i can tell, Girls Can Tell is the record that started this rise for Brittt Daniel and Spoon. They've released some great material between here and there - as you would expect from a band of excellent musicians. It seems obvious, but it's a trait that good bands have: even their "worst" material is still no less than good. This is a B-Side from the 30 Gallon Tank single off A Series Of Sneaks (1998 - the album before GCT). The 4th song on that single - I Could Be Underground - was originally a song from Daneil's solo side project Drake Tungsten dating back to 1996. 10 years ago britt daniel was making songs that sounded like Prince fronting Guided By Voices... now THAT'S a band...
The last Spoon record got so much pub. i liked it and all, but i didn't really give a damn about that record like i did Kill The Moonlight - that was one of those rare albums were nearly every song was my favorite at one point or another during a 6 month span.
And if you liked Kill The Moonlight, you really gotta take a look back at the previous album. As far as i can tell, Girls Can Tell is the record that started this rise for Brittt Daniel and Spoon. They've released some great material between here and there - as you would expect from a band of excellent musicians. It seems obvious, but it's a trait that good bands have: even their "worst" material is still no less than good. This is a B-Side from the 30 Gallon Tank single off A Series Of Sneaks (1998 - the album before GCT). The 4th song on that single - I Could Be Underground - was originally a song from Daneil's solo side project Drake Tungsten dating back to 1996. 10 years ago britt daniel was making songs that sounded like Prince fronting Guided By Voices... now THAT'S a band...
