Spoon - 'Sunday Morning, Wednesday Night'
I'm originally from California and I go to college in Portland, Oregon. Needless to say, I'm usually low on funds; especially for the things I really enjoy that aren't Kettle Chips and beer brewed from the Deschutes river, like live music. I went home last week to visit my family and accomplish a few things before school inevitably starts up again. I have also been blessed with parents who not only care about music, but care about good new current music. I went with my father to see Jason Lytle of Grandaddy fame play a solo acoustic show (which pleasantly included Rusty Miller from the wonderful N. California band, Jackpot) as well as performance by Death Cab For Cutie on their current tour, which was supported by Mates of State and some of my favorite Texans, Spoon.
Spoon played a stunning set including but not limited to: Jonathon Fisk, The Way We Get By (of course, as they wouldn't have gotten out of the venue alive without playing this song), They Never Got You, The Beast and Dragon Adored, and I Turn My Camera On. If you're at all familiar with the recent Spoon catalogue, you know how tremendous it has been since the seminal 'Girls Can Tell' record. However, since that particular record, they have become a more fluid and free-flowing act bringing to life ideas that one could conceive in pop music but rarely tries. I Turn My Camera On is a perfect example. The blue-eyed soul feel of the track is devastating, perfect in any situation though especially in a room alone with plenty of space to get down. The song has two chords that comprise its catchy structure, but: there is no hook. There is only layers. The bands that have made the greatest impact on my listening habits and have taken up extended residence in the Now Playing section of my iPod have been those who have mastered the art of layering tracks. The song will reach a point if the layers are properly constructed where the band will no longer need each layer in a live performance, but the mind of the listener will place the sounds in the actual track as it is being performed. Truly, that is what makes a well-constructed song. Other notables in this area have been the everpresent Arcade Fire as well as Wilco, LCD Soundsytem and Talkdemonic.
If you can catch Spoon, it would be a mistake to miss the performance. As for me and my house, I will see frontman Britt Daniel open for my musical hero, Jeremy Enigk in a couple of weeks. If you live in Portland, join me. Until then.
Sunday Morning, Wednesday Night by Spoon
Spoon played a stunning set including but not limited to: Jonathon Fisk, The Way We Get By (of course, as they wouldn't have gotten out of the venue alive without playing this song), They Never Got You, The Beast and Dragon Adored, and I Turn My Camera On. If you're at all familiar with the recent Spoon catalogue, you know how tremendous it has been since the seminal 'Girls Can Tell' record. However, since that particular record, they have become a more fluid and free-flowing act bringing to life ideas that one could conceive in pop music but rarely tries. I Turn My Camera On is a perfect example. The blue-eyed soul feel of the track is devastating, perfect in any situation though especially in a room alone with plenty of space to get down. The song has two chords that comprise its catchy structure, but: there is no hook. There is only layers. The bands that have made the greatest impact on my listening habits and have taken up extended residence in the Now Playing section of my iPod have been those who have mastered the art of layering tracks. The song will reach a point if the layers are properly constructed where the band will no longer need each layer in a live performance, but the mind of the listener will place the sounds in the actual track as it is being performed. Truly, that is what makes a well-constructed song. Other notables in this area have been the everpresent Arcade Fire as well as Wilco, LCD Soundsytem and Talkdemonic.
If you can catch Spoon, it would be a mistake to miss the performance. As for me and my house, I will see frontman Britt Daniel open for my musical hero, Jeremy Enigk in a couple of weeks. If you live in Portland, join me. Until then.
Sunday Morning, Wednesday Night by Spoon
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