Hurray for the Riff Raff's The Navigator was maybe the most underrated album of the last decade. It was perfect. Very excited to check out this new one.
Text from my in-laws: "In your honest opinion, was that a good halftime performance?"
After I said I liked it: "Good to know.... We just didn't get it?!?!?!"
Spoon is so good, I can barely stand it. They make the exact kind of music I would want to make if I had any talent. It's ripped directly from my pleasure centers.
One of Spoon's greatest strengths is pulling back just when you want them to really go for it. Same thing happens on "My Babe" -- with like 20 seconds left, you think they're going to break into a full-on U2 cathartic release as those Edge-like guitars get louder, and then BOOM, song's over. I love it so much.
I don't know, it feels like the whole ethos of Pitchfork and indie music critics in general in the last half of the 2010s was "the big art pop indie bands of 2009 were overrated," whereas Rolling Stone has always been in Bruce's corner.
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