Hot Thoughts Exclusive LP

A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing.

Hot Thoughts is the bravest, most sonically inventive work of Spoons career. With all due respect to earlier efforts that have made the quintet both critically acclaimed and a commercial contender, preconceptions about this band are about to be obliterated. Thats not to say Hot Thoughts doesnt have a requisite supply of infectious earworms but theres a lyrical bent thats as carnal as its crafty, and a newfound sense of sonic exploration that results in the genresmasher Spoon have flirted with in the past but not fully consummated.

Co-produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann and reunited with Matador Records (third times the charm), let’s acknowledge that Britt Daniels spot in the pantheon of rocks genius songwriters was well established a ways back, but with the crackling, incandescent, multi-dimensional backdrop conjured on Hot Thoughts, the lines between accessible and experimental become non-factors for once and all. Its pop as high art, delivered with total confidence and focus.

Album includes lyric sleeve and a digital download.