Spoon’s Kill The Moonlight classic “Paper Tiger” is a masterpiece of white noise and empty space, a glorious song-skeleton fleshed out with little more than a beating heart. Daniel’s new version of the song with Austin rockers Sweet Spirit trades minimal for maximal, somehow maintaining the same hair-raising tension from the original by filling in the gaps with nervy bombast. It’s the B-side to the Sweet Spirit & Britt Daniel 7″ that also features “Have Mercy.” Hear them give new life to an old favorite below.

The Sweet Spirit & Britt Daniel 7″ is coming soon via Nine Mile Records. It will be available at Spoon and Sweet Spirit’s joint tour dates this spring:

05/17 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom*
05/18 Kansas City, MO @ Midland*
05/19 Fargo, ND @ Fargo Theatre*
05/21 Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater*
05/24 Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl*
05/23 Portland, OR @ Kelly’s Olympian
05/25 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory*
05/29 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater*
05/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern*
05/31 Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom*
06/01 San Diego, CA @ North Park Theatre*
06/02 San Diego, CA @ North Park Theatre*
06/06 Austin, TX @ ABGB
* – with Spoon