Wow. Time flies. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. Obligations be damned. I’ve been busy elsewhere doing important stuff. Like what? No one would ask. I can’t say. Too much sharing is oversharing. Regardless, Spoon have shared a stellar new track in the form of “Sugar Babies” from their upcoming Memory Dust EP and you can listen below.
Out digitally on June 13, Memory Dust features three new Spoon recordings – the original songs “Sugar Babies” and “Silver Girl,” plus a cover of Bo Diddley’s “She’s Fine, She’s Mine.”
These aren’t b-sides. The recordings began during sessions for Spoon’s Grammy-nominated album, Lucifer on the Sofa, but were left unfinished. Following the record’s release and at the tail end of a year-plus of intense touring, the band came back to the sketches with renewed energy and fresh perspective. The completed tracks retain a touch of Lucifer’s character – rock ’n roll music, played in real-time – but stretch out hypnotically. Listen to “Sugar Babies” HERE.
In June, Spoon will travel to Europe for dates supporting The Black Keys in the UK, France, and Germany. In August, the band will join Weezer in the US for a number of west coast shows. Find a complete itinerary below.
Lucifer on the Sofa is Spoon’s 10th album and its purest rock and roll record to date. Texas-made, it is the first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown of Austin in more than a decade. The album has since swept 2022 year-end lists and returned the band to No. 1 on Billboard’s AAA chart for the first time in five years.
TRACK LIST
1. Sugar Babies
2. She’s Fine, She’s Mine
3. Silver Girl
SPOON ON TOUR
Sat. May 27 – New Braunfels, TX @ Whitewater Amphitheater
Wed. June 14 – Bergen, NO @ Bergenfest
Thu. June 15 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller Music Hall
Fri. June 16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset #
Sun. June 18 – Paris, FR @ Zenith de Paris #
Mon. June 19 – Paris, FR @ Zenith de Paris #
Tue. June 20 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
Wed. June 21 – London, UK @ The O2 #
Thu. June 22 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena #
Sat. June 24 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro #
Tue. June 27 – Cologne, DE @ Palladium Cologne #
Wed. June 28 – Hamburg, DE @ Stadtpark-Open-Air-Bühne #
Fri. June 30 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
Sat. July 1 – Ewijk, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
Sun. July 2 – Arras, FR @ Main Square Festival
Tue. July 4 – Nimes, FR @ Festival de Nimes
Thu. July 6 – Oeiras, PT @ NOS Alive
Fri. July 7 – Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival
Sun. August 20 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre %
Mon. August 21 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
Tue. August 22 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater %
Thu. August 24 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theater %
Sat. August 26 – Abiquiu, NM @ Blossoms & Bones Ghost Ranch Music Festival
Sun. August 27 – Magna, UT @ The Great Saltair %
Mon. August 28 – Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre %
Wed. August 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre %
Fri. September 1 – Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater %
Sat. September 2 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre %
Sun. September 3 – San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square at Petco Park %
Wed. September 13 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis SOLD OUT
Thu. September 14 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
Thu. September 15 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Sat. September 16 – Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
# w/ The Black Keys
% w/ Weezer
