Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

I was all ready to write this album off as mediocre, run of the mill US indie stuff. I was going to dismiss it with a smart alec comparison to Kevin Kilbane – reliable and likeable but not too spectacular and easily forgettable. Ho ho ho. However I was too hasty in forming my opinions and after giving the album a few more listens I’ve realised that it’s actually really good – turn of the millennium Kilbane, all shaggy hair and dominating the midfield against France. Don’t judge this album based on the first two tracks, which aren’t very memorable, as the album progresses it reveals a number of catchy clever tunes. It’s the perfect soundtrack to a summer’s day driving on an empty country road. The stand out track is ‘The Underdog’ with its cool mariachi trumpets. To me Spoon are the type of band that Razorlight wished they sounded like if they were any good or what Phoenix might sound like if they weren’t French and didn’t like synthesisers. 9/10