Pics: Spoon @ The Parish Monday 10.11
Monday night at the Parish presented a rare opportunity to see local indie rock band Spoon, perform as they dedicated their evening to Texas Democrats and Railroad Commissioner candidate Mark Thompson. Whatever the cause may have been, good bet is that most in attendance were there to watch the band that established itself as an indie rock mainstay while consistently increasing their status and popularity as a contemporary rock band.
My relationship with Spoon spans many years, more than I care to admit, but I’ve been there since the beginning, even before the beginning to be specific. Anyone that knows me well, knows that I’ve always been a fan, and have heralded each accomplishment as if it were almost my own. As I look back, it’s hard to believe what an amazing catalog of materiel the band has managed over the years, each new album expanding on the craft of the previous. Britt Daniel consistently proving why he will be regarding as one of the more prolific and creative song writers of his generation.
Britt and Co. came out Monday night attacking their expansive catalog of hit worthy songs, reaching back into the bands rich history, as far back as, if memory serves me correct, 1998′s A Series of Sneaks. Personal favorites “The Beast and Dragon Adored”, “My Mathematical Mind”, “Don’t You Evah”, along with number one fav “Me and The Bean”, sounded great in the intimate warm confines of The Parish. Right from the start it was evident that Spoon came to play. With each song, came a reminder of how rich the bands history in music is, and will be for years to come. It’s easy to appreciate just about everything that the band produces with few holes in any recording that they have produced over the many years.
It’s been almost a year and a half since Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, and understanding the song writing machine that Daniel has proven himself to be, one can only speculate that studio time is either in the works or in the near future, with the band scratching out another success. Rest assured that what comes next will be another well executed Spoon record, but will the band venture to stretch itself into uncharted territory, as many of it’s contemporary peers have done over the years? Only time will tell.
