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May 14, 2007

New Spoon - "The Ghost Of You Lingers"

The first taste from Spoon's forthcoming album is spreading the nets, and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is it nice! Actually it may not be for everyone, but give it five spins before coming to a conclusion, it's a creeper. No percussion to speak of; mostly we get a few heavily reverbed Britts over sixteenth-note piano pounding and some studio swoosh for the close listeners.

Spoon - "The Ghost Of You Lingers" (MP3 via Megaupload)

Enjoy.


[Pic from Spoon @ Bowery Ballroom 4/23/07.]

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wow, badass. i'm ready for a leak.

Posted by: jc at 05/14/07 2:40 PM  | Reply
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wowsers, unbelievable.

Posted by: Ben at 05/14/07 2:45 PM  | Reply
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Holy shit. That's all I have to say.

Posted by: Kevin at 05/14/07 2:46 PM  | Reply
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woooooooah different.
beauuuuutiful.

Posted by: ben at 05/14/07 3:51 PM  | Reply
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creeper? definitely instantly breathtaking to me.
holy shit, im very very excited for this album now.

Posted by: ben at 05/14/07 3:57 PM  | Reply
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huh? where's the SONG...?

Posted by: Jon at 05/14/07 5:30 PM  | Reply
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Where is the LEAK?

Posted by: Michael at 05/14/07 5:34 PM  | Reply
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I dig it. it's not a single, but it's quite nice. even if it completely rips off Kraftwerk's "Elektrisches Roulette", that's fine by me, as 'Ralf & Florian' is one of my favorites. Is this Spoon's krautrock album?

Posted by: brent at 05/14/07 7:34 PM  | Reply
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We saw them a couple weeks ago and they played almost nothing new. Bummer. This track is amazing. Britt's one of those guys who can mix it up and still be recognizeable. At shows, he's always asking the crowd whose got the weed. Now I understand what he's been using it for.

Posted by: Jimmy at 05/14/07 9:40 PM  | Reply
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lagoon.

Posted by: creeper at 05/16/07 2:28 PM  | Reply
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word is this has leaked.

Posted by: D.D.D.Dave at 05/16/07 3:28 PM  | Reply
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It has! Isohunt!

Posted by: Michael at 05/16/07 6:23 PM  | Reply
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This album leaked about two days ago. It's really a well made album.

Posted by: Nick at 05/18/07 10:11 AM  | Reply
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i'm disappointed...i kept waiting for it to get cool. way too dissonant. i hope that this is simply a throwaway track from an otherwise brilliant album.

Posted by: jon at 06/04/07 3:37 AM  | Reply
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