{"id":621,"date":"2007-06-28T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=621"},"modified":"2007-06-28T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T00:01:14","slug":"spoon-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"spoon &#8211; ga ga ga ga ga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a&nbsp;band i know little about.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in fact i know absolutely nothing other than the  album is going to be released on the 9th of july on <EM>anti records<\/EM>, and  against my expectations for an indie rock album, its a cracking way to spend 35  minutes.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>opening with the albums best track, <EM>don&#8217;t make  me a target, <\/EM>where a pounding piano riff&nbsp;thankfully avoids any  keane-isms, and in fact gives the overall impression of a roughed up <STRONG>ben  folds<\/STRONG> hanging out with <STRONG>liam gallagher<\/STRONG> after a few late  night cigarrettes in a pub and just having a loose old time. the vocals have the  same kind of raspy effect that liam seems unable to shift from his reportoire  now, but far more interestingly the musical backing that <STRONG>spoon<\/STRONG>  creates is a perfect slice of piano led indie rock that hits the spot, over and  over again.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the rest of the album has a similar fm radio  sanctioned vibe, but with some interesting production twists and turns to stop  the formula wearing thin and keep the ears tuned in. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>whether it&#8217;s the fractured stereo dub phasing of  the piano during&nbsp;<EM>the ghost of you lingers, <\/EM>the hidden horn section  in the mix of alternative universe number one hit smash, <EM>you&#8217;re got your  cherry bomb <\/EM>( i totally get shivers up my spine with this motown styled pop  soul stomper),&nbsp;or the hand clapped swagger of <EM>dont you evah <\/EM>that  will have you strutting around your living room like a demented bruce willis  with its cooler than thou attitude streaming from the twanged up guitar and head  stopping melody, this album never fails to deliver a wonderful 3 minute slightly  unusual pop song.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>even the punchy guitars in <EM>my little japanese  cigarette case <\/EM>with unexpected spanish guitar break (seriously!) will have  you smiling and singing along by the third listen, the hooks throughout are  unavoidable.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, all in all, even if this band are played to  death on american college rock radio stations, as i would like to think they  probably are, or if they are complete unknowns, it matters not one iota, as they  have manged to create an album of pure old fashioned 70s pop brilliance that  could only ever be made with the studied art of the genre in 2007.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>glorious.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>more detail : <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.spoontheband.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a&nbsp;band i know little about. in fact i know absolutely nothing other than the album is going to be released on the 9th of july on anti records, and against my expectations for an indie rock album, its a cracking way to spend 35 minutes. opening with the albums best track, don&#8217;t make me a 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