Spoon: A Series of Sneaks

I've been having a hard time getting through this album, but I'm not sure why. Something just hasn't clicked on this disc the way it did on Gimme Fiction.

That's not to say it's a bad album, there's just no hook. There's not a song or two that you walk away with really stuck in your head, unlike Fiction's Sister Jack or I Turn My Camera On

All that being said, the album *does* play well as background music, with the exception of 30 Gallon Tank which is just noticeable enough to not be ambient, but not noticeable enough to be a great tune.

In looking things up, I've found this is from 1998, which gives me a lot of hope, as they've obviously matured, improved, and experimented to reach the quality and skill of Gimme Fiction.

In the end: Any Spoon fan will obviously be about this. If you jumped in late, like I did, you may feel a bit disappointed.

On the Web: You can find 33 bootlegs from Spoon on on archive.org.

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