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Thursday, February 26, 2009

MP3 Dark Was the Night: Spoon is Well, Alright

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:13 AM

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In honor of the excellent Dark Was the Night compilation—out last week, with all proceeds lining the pockets of the Red Hot Organization—here is one more contribution from a (sort of) local act:

LISTEN:







Spoon - "Well-Alright"

First off, doesn't "Well-Alright" sound like something Spoon would title any of their songs?

While it's clearly not the best song on this double-disc compilation—that honor most likely belongs to Sharon Jones' cover of the Shuggie Otis classic, "Inspiration Information"—Spoon's effort is hardly a wasted track. Feeling like a demo that never received the proper Jim Eno production sheen, "Well-Alright" is closer to the raw Britt Daniel material from his Home IV split with Conor Oberst. My lone question, when Daniel talks about "fighting in the attic with hungry ghosts," is he referring to this guy?

 

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