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A photograph with no correction from me or anybody else. The instruments made me want to walk pointedly during the verses, and bound to the skies during the choruses. DANIEL: I know... CHANG: That's good to hear. GLAD THESE GUYS ARE STILL ROCKING HARD AND MAKING MUSIC FOR THE INDEPENDENT MIND. " Ashes stain his lips. CHANG: Yeah, you can't forget it. Written:– Bill Callahan. I sat on the music for quite some time, for years. Please check the box below to regain access to. I started working with red as a dominant color in some of my work about 25 years ago in college, for my MFA thesis exhibition. I'm not sure where that came from or where it was going, but then there was the line about Lucifer on the sofa, which I wasn't really sure where it came from either—it just felt really right. There also seems to be this strong imagery of what almost seems like African masks or more indigenous faces in your work.

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And I had to think it through. Pencil and brush strokes started in la Habana, Cuba, have traveled miles and time to Time Magazine covers, canvas, and now the new Spoon album. So I just want to ask you, what does "Lucifer On The Sofa" even mean?

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I was reminded every measure. And I went in the other room and kind of strummed along to it with the sort of vibe of like "Keep The Customer Satisfied" by Simon and Garfunkel. It's a color that has been used heavily by oppressive political systems, like Communism, for propaganda purposes. And so once it was done, it was easy to just go out and start playing some shows. DANIEL: You know, it's times of anxiety, times of distress.

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I also saw on your IG stories that you visited Cuba a few years ago and that you did a series on that. If you haven't heard, we're overjoyed to be putting on a day dedicated to Spoon, a band 88. The album opens on a slow-burning strong note with "Held, " a song whose instrumentation had me wanting to put on a cowboy hat and strut through the desert until I found someone to duel. As a part of this celebration, we dove into the band's latest happenings with none other than Spoon 's frontman Britt Daniel. Have you always listened to Spoon? He could just as easily be describing a post-band apocalypse, in which the pandemic has irreversibly destroyed the pursuit of recording and performing music, and the unsold records and cassettes keep piling up.

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Written and recorded over the last two years – both in and out of shutdown – these songs feel like a culmination of Spoon's career while marking a shift toward something louder, wilder, and more vivid. I wrote a bunch of different verses. I think it's funny because I have these quotes where I kind of spout off, and I think I said that one thing about classic rock. All of the illustrations from the album were selected by the Society of Illustrators for their annual exhibition opening in NYC next month. DANIEL: Well, it's a good title - right? The bouncy, tightly synchronized instrumentals give the listener a clear mental image of all three middle-aged men vibing hard and shaking their heads back and forth to the "plunky" jam they're recording. A lot of Aretha Franklin. I haven't seen that guy in a bit, but I know he'll be there the next time I'm stressed out for one reason or another. After touring extensively to promote 2017's synth-laced, beat-focused Hot Thoughts, Daniel and Co. set out to capture Spoon's live-show energy. "My Babe" is a slow-burn ode to monogamy that depicts him and his partner in a state of domestic ennui ("Training our focus on late-night TV, cheap wine"), but it still inspires sweeping grand gestures with a chorus that's sweet but not too sticky.

I could dream a thousand dreams Nothing could measure up…. SPOON: Let's do the fill twice as long. You're from Havana and came to Miami when you were young where you were introduced to American pop culture. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. I went to college in NYC and studied painting and illustration. But these motifs appear in a lot of your work. This song will release on 11 February 2022.