When we told you about the January release of Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga followup Transference (1/26, Merge) and revealed the 11-song tracklist, we included links to live versions of three of the tunes we’ve already heard along with a little teaser. But over at MySpace, Britt Daniel notes:
This is the first record we’ve made without a producer or heavy of any kind and I don’t know for sure because I’ll never hear this record in the same way that someone who didn’t make it will, but I think you can tell it. When I listen to it I think, hey, that’s how I woulda done it! Which is really what you wanna to hear from a band, isn’t it? This one is pure Spoon. For better or worse and all of it.
With that in mind, tease yourself a little harder with a full listen to the studio take of track three, “The Mystery Zone.” It’s at HypeM.
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Yes.
Definitely one of the most consistently great bands of recent memory. Can’t wait for this one to come out!
Can’t wait to see their new music videos! The video for “The Underdog” was one of the most inventive clips I’ve seen in a long time. Here’s cinematic proof!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1hZVDLkJDc
I love Spoon. I do. Within my circle I am known as “The One That Likes Spoon A Lot.” But, “The Mystery Zone” is leaving me ill at ease. It lacks elements I’ve come to fall in love with from Spoon albums. Namely slick production and sharp hooks. Britt might not feel like he needs them, but I do. That said, the song is perfect if it’s intended to be a tease. If some of the things I’m hearing on this song are hints to what we’ll be hearing on the whole album, I am *very* excited. I love Spoon.
Man, am I digging this.
The song has been taken down. Hopefully it’ll show up somewhere else soon. It’s really good.
i dig spoon but this is boring boring boring
agree with jbean, very boring.
Link is dead. Anyone have another one ?
This is just like The Ghost of You Lingers. Leaves me wanting more (in a good way).
The ghost of you lingers is a skeletal arrangement that builds on it self through the song with inventive vocal layering. Kind of a studio experiment. This is nothing like that.
Dig it mucho. I think it sounds a bit “meeh” because I don’t think it has had a final mix done on it yet. Kinda has a flat sound that usually comes from a unmastered mix.
definitely not a good song. Here’s hoping the best is yet to come.
Almsot like it was written to be boring. This guy is capable of writing a hook, but this song repeats the same boring thing over and over.
3 plays in and Ugh. It sounds like the whole band was asleep -on hammocks perhaps- and someone woke them up and forced them to write and play a song on the spot. Mystery Zone indeed. The last album was so00 good.
this song rocks, and anyone who thinks it is not like spoon should read britt’s comment again. he called it ‘pure spoon.’ if you only liked spoon for the hooks on ga ga ga ga ga then you miss the point. this band is multi-faceted and doesn’t pander to your adolescent need for hooks.