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Amped-acoustic guitar + amped-up attitude and songwriting smarts = Austin, TX’s SPOON, a totally wired trio whose succession of demo tapes were shredded by excessive play... except for the one Chris lost in his rental car, we’re pretty sure that one was never heard again. With one indie 7" under their belt prior to their Matador signing, our clever executives discovered the band in an Austin bar, got the band’s name wrong and spent 20 months trying to sign DC Talk instead. While every label in America was scrambling to curry favor with Spoon’s Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, we were learning about contemporary Christianity and swearing off sex before marriage. All for nothing, too!
Luckily, the resulting album, produced by Reivers/Zeitgeist founder John Croslin (currently temping on bass too) rocks like a non-straight edge Modern Lovers. We’re completely knocked out by the whole thing...sounds like 14 singles to us (although that wouldn’t be cost-effective, now that we’re indie again).
Britt Daniel - vocals, guitar
Jim Eno - drums
Andy Maguire - bass, vocals
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