Photo by Zackery Michael
Spoon are doubling down on the Hot Thoughts action today. Following the announcement of 2017 tour dates, the Austin indie rockers have let loose a brand new single called “Can I Sit Next To You” as well as its accompanying music video.
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Whereas Spoon kept things percolating on the excellent title track (one of the best songs in the month of January, in fact), this latest offering finds Britt Daniel & co. gliding at a more steady, swaggering pace. The whole thing’s got a different kind of sex appeal than its predecessor, one highlighted by funky guitar and bass bits and, later, some synth-y wizardry that sounds like the band’s just about ready to pull you into another dimension.
The black-and-white visual, directed by Beck and Bob Dylan associate Marcel Dzama, incorporates a lot of the track’s sexy surreality, as it features masked lovers and beasts brandishing bouquets of flowers. See the oddball clip for yourself down below.
Hot Thoughts, the follow-up to 2014’s They Want My Soul, arrives on March 17th through Matador Records.
Hot Thoughts Tracklist:
01. Hot Thoughts
02. WhisperI’lllistentohearit
03. Do I Have to Talk You Into It
04. First Caress
05. Pink Up
06. Can I Sit Next to You
07. I Ain’t the One
08. Tear It Down
09. Shotgun
10. Us
