Telephono

by

Spoon

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Chances are, if you're reading this, you have Girls Can Tell or Kill the Moonlight and want to know if old school Spoon is worth your time. Let it be known that yes, it will be, but don't expect the polished, minimalistic sound they have on these albums. Instead, expect more tracks to sound like Jonathon Fisk.

Before Spoon found their own sound, they used pre-existing ones with natural ability. The comparison to the Pixies is valid, though I find comparison to Frank Black's solo career to be more exact, though that's not the only influence. The excellent track Nefarious is as Pixies as it is Pavement.

What's so much fun about Spoon is that you can hear them evolve with each album. Telephono is the beginning, when they were still a fledging indie-rock band with a basic sound, before the major labels left them jaded. Missing are the spacey sound of Sneaks, the studied melodies of Girls, or the downright brilliant minimalism of Kill the Moonlight; yet, Telephono still remains one of the best indie rock albums few people own.