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Building on the momentum of 2001's critically acclaimed GIRLS CAN TELL, Spoon unveiled KILL THE MOONLIGHT the following year. The Austin, Texas-based band's second outing for Merge Records finds frontman Britt Daniel and company settling comfortably into a mutually advantageous relationship with the revered indie label, resulting in a confident and creative album. The group reins in its blatant Pavement-isms, opting for a more stripped-down approach that relies on straightforward beats, minimal keyboard lines and guitar riffs, and smart melodies. Daniel hits a detached falsetto on the heavily looped, Krautrock-like "Stay Don't Go" (foreshadowing GIMME FICTION's "I Turn My Camera On"), while "Jonathan Fisk" is a garagey, no-frills rock tune that wouldn't have been out of place on the Strokes' debut. Keeping things spare, yet surprisingly eclectic, is what elevates KILL THE MOONLIGHT above similarly conceived underground albums, and, not surprisingly, this quality helped to make it one of 2002's most lauded indie-rock releases.
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Personnel: Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Mike McCarthy (12-string guitar); Matt Brown (saxophone); Joshua Zarbo, John Clayton, Roman Kuebler (bass guitar); Jim Eno (drums).
Audio Mixers: Jim Eno; Mike McCarthy; Britt Daniel.
Recording information: The Catacomb (01/2002-04/2002); The Garage (01/2002-04/2002).
Editor: J.J. Golden.
Photographer: Ben Dickey.
Spoon: Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Mike McCarthy (12-String guitar); Matt Brown (saxophone); Eggo Johanson (piano, keyboards, tambourine); Joshua Zarbo, John Clayton (bass); Jim Eno (drums); Brad Shenfield (dabouke).
Producers: Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Mike McCarthy.
Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.110) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"
Rolling Stone (9/5/02, p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Spoon balance cool mechanical noise with analog warmth...offering midtempo ditties and carefully layered rhythms..."
Spin (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #38 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...Austin, Texas' finest massage the Kinks out of their taut indie rock, hammering on pianos, synths, and drum machines..."
Uncut (1/03, p.96) - Ranked #42 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"
Uncut (10/02, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...expand(s) on the strengths of (their) breakthrough third LP...They make you happy, and remind you why you're sad: the perfect high."
CMJ (12/30/02, p.11) - Ranked #8 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002"
NME (Magazine) (9/21/02, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...Spoon rehouse '70s glam rock in a post-grunge setting...as a nifty demonstration of how to balance eggheaded art-indie cred with genuine thrills, this takes some beating." Spoon Kill The Moonlight Songs Kill The Moonlight Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   Up to their high standard...
I really loved their previous release "Girls Can Tell". A modern classic, in my opinion. This one isn't quite as good as that one, but it maintains the high standard of quality I've come to expect from Spoon in general. I wish some of the arrangements were fleshed out a little more, spare as they are, the songs grow on you. Well worth owning.
Submitted by a reviewer (Boston, MA, USA) 
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I never thought there could be songs so experimental and catchy as hell at the same time. Its the only album I can listen to more than once a day and not get sick of it. Only downside is that its a little short, but thats most of Spoon's albums. I consider it short but sweet...as hell. You'll be singin' along very soon after you listen.
Submitted by Heavymark7 (Lutherville, MD, USA)
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Refreshing to say the least
This is a great CD. Absolutely awesome. I would have given it five stars but that is reserved for Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
It's definitely different in that some of the songs sound like ideas that were never finished....kind of a Guided by Voices technique...but man, does it work well. It's is an upbeat, foot-tapping CD and truth be told, kind of stoner-ish.
Fine by me. Go get it.
Submitted by Matt (Charleston SC)
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