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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Spoon's New Album And Were About To Ask

Title: Transference
Mastered: September 18, 2009
Formats: CD / LP
Length: 43:06
Personnel: Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Eric Harvey, Rob Pope

What was the band listening to when they were making this record?
ACDC - Dirty Deeds
Prince Buster - Wreck a Pum Pum
David Bowie - Low
The Damned
Sister Nancy
Micachu and the Shapes
Eddie Current Suppression Ring
Warsaw
Bob Dylan
Cliff Martinez

Since their last album, the band:
had a top 10 album in the US
played its second Mergefest in Chapel Hill
played on Saturday Night Live
went to Japan three times
played in Austin 10 times
played in Chicago 8 times
played in Fayetteville once
played shows in Portugal, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, and the Netherlands

The only place in the world where Spoon's local booking agent doesn't want the band to play more than once per album: Australia

Also since the last album:
Jim produced a lot of stuff, including the album by Black Joe Lewis
Rob toured extensively with The Get Up Kids and wasn't able to see his dog Petty enough
Britt produced an album by the White Rabbits
Rumors of Eric Harvey's affair with Amy Winehouse were officially put to rest

Transference is the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another
It can also simply mean the act or process of transferring. For instance, from one recording medium to another

With Transference, Britt Daniel's mom says she's worried Spoon is getting "too metal."

5 of the 11 songs on Transference are the original demos.

How's it different from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga?
it keeps more to itself
it's got more low notes in it
some say it's more orange
furthermore, some say there's not a single bridge on it

An excerpt from a recent post on the band's website:
Here it is a generation later, I've never been asked to be in another wedding party again, and I'm writing to tell you how me and Jim and Eric and Rob have just finished an album and that we're calling it Transference. This is the first record we've made without a producer or heavy of any kind and I don't know for sure because I'll never hear this record in the same way that someone who didn't make it will, but I think you can tell it. I can. When I listen to it I think, hey, that's how I woulda done it! Which is really what you wanna to hear from a band, isn't it? It feels like pure Spoon. Love, Britt

Contents:
1. Before Destruction
2. Is Love Forever?
3. The Mystery Zone
4. Who Makes Your Money
5. Written In Reverse
6. I Saw The Light
7. Trouble Comes Running
8. Goodnight Laura
9. Out Go The Lights
10. Got Nuffin
11. Nobody Gets Me But You

spoontheband.com
05/04/10
Spring has sprung and it is time for a new free Merge sampler! Featuring hit songs from the latest albums of Radar Brothers, Spoon, Let’s Wrestle, She & Him and more, visit amazon.com now to download all fourteen free songs with special cover art by Let’s Wrestle’s Wesley Patrick Gonzalez!

As always, you can find new albums from all of these artists and more in our handy Merge store.

Free Merge 2010 digital sampler track listing:
1. Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors (from The Illustrated Garden)
2. Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s)
3. Destroyer – The Very Modern Dance (from Streethawk: A Seduction)
4. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (from Work)
5. Spoon – Written in Reverse (from Transference)
6. Lou Barlow – Don’t Apologize (from Goodnight Unknown)
7. She & Him – Thieves (from Volume Two)
8. Superchunk – Learned to Surf (from Leaves in the Gutter)
9. Alec Bathgate – Glide (from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox)
10. The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are (from Bonfires on the Heath)
11. Caribou – Odessa (from Swim)
12. The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul (from Mister Pop)
13. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die (from My Neighbor / My Creator)
14. Lambchop – Give It (from Live at XX Merge)

04/06/10
Sign up now for free tickets to see Spoon perform in Los Angeles on the outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, April 15! The performance will air later that night on ABC.



Spoon is currently on tour, and their new album Transference is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.

03/15/10
Merge will be well-represented at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin this year with eight bands and two special Our Noise events. Our bands will be playing all over the city during the festival, so if you will be in Austin, keep your eyes peeled for all of the cool daytime parties being announced daily.

Our helpful flyer is below – click to make it larger & to print it to take with you! Share the link on your twitter & Facebook, too!

Spoon are headlining the NPR show at Stubbs BBQ on Wednesday, March 17 (12:15 am) and She & Him are playing a free, open to the public show at Auditorium Shores on Saturday March 20 (8 pm).  Superchunk are playing a free Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa on March 19 (3 pm).

Merge Showcase @ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th St b/t Colorado & Lavaca
Thursday, March 18th
7 PM
(from first to last)
Special Guest
Let’s Wrestle
Radar Brothers
She & Him
Wye Oak
Lou Barlow + the missingmen
The Love Language


Merge @ Homeslice Pizza’s “Music by the Slice” Party
1415 Congress Ave.
Free & Open to the public

Thursday, March 18:
1:30 pm The Love Language
2:15 pm Radar Brothers

Friday, March 19:
Noon Let’s Wrestle
3:45  Wye Oak
6:45  Lou Barlow

Also, book events!

Our Noise event @ Book People (603 N. Lamar Blvd)
Wednesday, March 17 at 6PM
Free & Open to the Public
Mac & Laura will read selections from their book, Our Noise, and will perform covers of songs from selected bands mentioned in the book. They’ll be available to sign books afterwards, too.

Our Noise panel @ SXSW Convention Center
Thursday, March 18 at 2PM
Open to convention registrants only
Michael Azerrad will moderate a Q&A-style event with Mac & Laura about Our Noise and 20 years of Merge Records.



03/04/10
Spoon will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight! Other guests include Tom Hanks and the US Olympic bobsled team.

Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for their 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more. Tickets are selling out fast, so don’t wait!

Spoon’s new album Transference is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.

SPOON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2010
17-March Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-March Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-March Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-March Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-March The National – Richmond, VA
26-March Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-March House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-March Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-March Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-April Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-April In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-April Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-April McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-April Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-April Indio, CA – Coachella

02/26/10
Spoon will appear on NPR’s World Cafe today! Spoon recently recorded a session and an interview with World Cafe host, David Dye, which will air on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by scrolling to the bottom of the World Cafe website & choosing their state under “Find a Program Broadcast Time.”

World Cafe can also be heard worldwide online at the WXPN/Philadelphia stream on weekdays from 2pm to 4pm EST.

02/09/10
Spoon have released the video for “Written in Reverse,” from their new album, Transference.

The video, directed by Danny Clinch (photographer extraordinaire whose directorial credits include Tom Waits’ “Lie To Me,” Bruce Springsteen’s Devils & Dust DVD and Foo Fighters’ Skin + Bones), documents an actual live performance of the song recorded expressly for the video, expertly rendered in stark black and white.

Watch the video below and visit the Merge store to order Transference on CD, 180 gm LP (with download coupon) and digital download.

Click here to view the embedded video.

08.02.2010 Philadelphia, PA Mann Centre for the Performing Arts w/ Arcade Fire
08.04.2010 New York, NY Madison Square Garden w/ Arcade Fire
08.05.2010 New York, NY Madison Square Garden w/ Arcade Fire
08.06.2010 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion w/ Arcade Fire
08.07.2010 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
08.09.2010 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
08.10.2010 Covington, KY Madison Theater
08.11.2010 Atlanta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre w/ Arcade Fire
09.11.2010 Harrisburg, PA The Forum
09.12.2010 Clark, NJ Oak Ridge Park
09.30.2010 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
10.01.2010 San Diego, CA Soma w/ Girls
10.04.2010 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre w/ Dale Watson
10.05.2010 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre w/ Dale Watson
10.06.2010 El Paso, TX Club 101 w/ Dale Watson
10.08.2010 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
11.10.2010 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller
11.11.2010 Gothenburg, Sweden Tradgarn
11.12.2010 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
11.13.2010 Weissenhäuser, Germany Ferienpark Weissenhäuser Strand
11.15.2010 Paris, France Elysee Montmarte
11.16.2010 London, UK Shepherd's Bush Empire
11.17.2010 Leeds, UK Cockpit
11.18.2010 Dublin, Ireland Academy
Nefarious [7"/cs-ep] (Fluffer) 1994
"Idiot Driver" on Peek-A-Boo Bicycle Rodeo [lp] (Peek-A-Boo) 1995
All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed [7"/cd-ep] (Matador) 1996
Not Turning Off [UK only] [7"] (Matador) 1996
Telephono [cd/lp] (Matador) 1996
"Primary" on Dreamboat [cd] (Cassiel) 1997
Soft Effects [cd/lp] (Matador) 1997
"Operation in Progress" on Rock And Roll Free-For-All [cd] (Nickle and Dime) 1997
"Telamon Bridge" & "Don't Buy the Realistic" on What's Up, Matador? [dbl-cd/dbl-lp] (Matador) 1997
A Series Of Sneaks [cd/lp] (Elektra) 1998
30 Gallon Tank [7"] (Peek-A-Boo) 1998
Anticipation [7"] (Mag Wheel) 1998
The Agony of Laffitte [7"] (Mag Wheel) 1998
The Agony of Laffitte [cd5] (Saddle Creek) 1999
Love Ways [cd-ep] (Merge) 2000
Girls Can Tell [cd/lp] (Merge) 2001
Everything Hits At Once [cd5] (12XU) 2001
Car Radio / Advance Cassette [cd5] (12XU) 2001
Text Later [7"] (Super Asbestos) 2002
Someone Something [7"] (Merge) 2002
Jonathon Fisk / Stay Don't Go [cd5] (12XU) 2002
A Series Of Sneaks [cd reissue] (Merge) 2002
Kill The Moonlight [cd/lp] (Merge) 2002
Stay Don't Go [cd] (12XU / Spunk) 2003
The Way We Get By [cd5] (12XU) 2003
I Turn My Camera On [UK only] [7"/cd single] (Matador) 2005
I Turn My Camera On [7"] (Merge) 2005
Gimme Fiction [cd/lp] (Merge) 2005
Sister Jack [cd5] (Merge) 2005
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga [cd/lp] (Merge) 2007
Got Nuffin [cd5/lp] (Merge) 2009
Transference [cd/lp] (Merge) 2010

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Caribou [+]

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09 Oakland, CA New Parish
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Let's Wrestle [+]

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05 Santa Barbara, CA Club Mercy Presents
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The Love Language [+]

August
28 Wilmington, NC The Soapbox
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29 St. Louis, MO LouFest
30 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
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01 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
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Spoon [+]

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02 Philadelphia, PA Mann Centre for the Performing Arts
04 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
05 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
06 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
07 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
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Superchunk [+]

September
16 Durham, NC The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
17 Washington 9:30 Club
18 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
19 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
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Teenage Fanclub [+]

September
22 Toronto, ON The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
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Telekinesis [+]

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31 St. Louis, MO Firebird
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01 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
02 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
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Versus [+]

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12 Brooklyn, NY Rock Shop
13 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
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