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Vocalist+guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno had started up this
Alternative-Rock band in 1994 in Austin, Texas USA; working with a succession
of bass and keyboardists over the years Spoon quickly garnered considerable
attention on the indie circuit.
In the spring of 1996 the group issued their debut full-length album,
"Telephono", on Matador Records and took to the road supporting
Pavement.
Signed by the major label Elektra, they delivered a minimalist art-Punk
album titled "A Series Of Sneaks" in April 1998, but the band
was ditched soon after its release.
Daniel and Eno teamed up with producer+guitarist Mike McCarthy and enlisted
the help of bass player Josh Zarbo, then went the indie route again releasing
a couple of singles, the 2000's 5-track EP "Love Ways" and their
third full-length disc, "Girls Can Tell", which appeared in
February 2001; it cracked the top 50 of the Billboard Magazine's Independent
Albums chart.
August 2002 saw the release of the band's commercial breakthrough, "Kill
The Moonlight", the record hit #23 on the U.S. Top Independent Albums
list.
Their next full-length CD, "Gimme Fiction", was easily the most
expansive work in Spoon's career; recorded through 2004 at Eno's Public
Hifi studio in Austin with the production help of Mike McCarthy, the 11-track
set was released in spring 2005 to widespread critical acclaim reaching
the top slot of the Billboard's Independent Albums chart and even crossed
over into The Billboard 200 at #44 backed by the falsetto-laden "I
Turn My Camera On" which shook up the indie-Rock world.
In 2006 Britt Daniel made his first foray into film scoring with the soundtrack
to the film "Stranger Than Fiction", Daniel penned three instrumentals
in tandem with in-demand movie music composer Brian Reitzell and also
chipped in a new Spoon song: "The Book I Write".
Spoon made their anticipated return in July 2007 with the release of
"Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"; the disc climbed into the top 10 of The Billboard
200 Albums chart generating one Hot Modern Rock top 30 hit in "The
Underdog ".
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