New Spoon Record Due Early 2010

Merge Records has announced the release of Spoon’s follow-up to the infectious Ga Ga Ga Ga.  Transference, the band’s 7th full-length album, was produced by the band itself and is scheduled to hit stores in the U.S. on January 18th.

The album will be preceded by a vinyl 7″ release of the first single, “Written in Reverse.”  It will be available for purchase on January 5th and will include an exclusive B-side, “Mean Red Spider”, which won’t be available digitally.

Bob Boilen, the host of NPR’s All Songs Considered, had the opportunity to hear half of the album in the car of one of his publicist friends.  He had nothing but good things to say about the record. “Lots of people can play a poignant guitar part, but the next part of the art is mixing it at the right volume, placing it in the best position in the stereo field to serve the song, and putting just the right effect on it to either blend well with the song or act as counterpoint. That care and craft is what I was hearing in Transference.”

This past summer Spoon released a 3-track EP called Got Nuffin that is worth checkin’ out. The title track of which will also be found on the new record.  After a few more U.S. dates in early December, they will head over to the UK in early February to begin touring in support of the new album.  Here is the tracklist as well as a few live versions of some songs that will be found on Transference.

Tracklist

01. Before Destruction
02. I Love Forever?
03. The Mystery Zone
04. Who Makes Your Money?
05. Written in Reverse
06. I Saw the Light
07. Trouble Comes Running
08. Goodnight Laura
09. Out Go the Lights
10. Got Nuffin
11. Nobody Gets Me But You