Spoon Shares “Rent I Pay” From Upcoming LP They Want My Soul

I’ve been meaning to post the new Spoon all week. Although it’s unlikely, if you somehow managed to miss it all week, you’re welcome! If you’ve seen it slathered everywhere, as I have, it won’t hurt to hear it again, since it’s outstanding. I’ve been a Spoon fan for a long time, as I’ve written before. However, there have been brief moments where I’ve been less than floored. Specifically, I never thought the brass arrangements suited what Spoon has always done so well–tight, muscular indie rock with a balance of pop and grit. “Rent I Pay,” the first track to emerge from the Austin band’s forthcoming LP, The Want My Soul, due out August 5th, is everything I love about a Spoon song. Hard hitting drums provide the backbone as frontman Britt Daniel snarls over choppy guitars and subtle keys. The track has just enough reverb and noise to achieve that relaxed coolness Spoon was built on. Listen below.