Spoon: Transference | CD review

(Anti-)John Peel's description of the Fall - "always different, always the same" - might equally apply to the Austin, Texas band Spoon, who have made it to seven albums without any significant variation in high quality. Leader Britt Daniel is a master of economy, writing songs to sparse and clipped arrangements, with his own guitar often providing a rhythmic counterpoint to the imaginative drumming of Jim Eno. His world-weary sounding voice doesn't have a great range, but he knows how to make th...

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