Spoon: Lucifer On The Moon (Spoon vs. On-U Sound) LP

Lucifer on the Moon flips Lucifer on the Sofa's rhythm tracks inside-out, and often rebuilds them wholesale. Sherwood supplied extensive additional instrumentation via ON-U's extended family of session players, including bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc (both of whom performed in Sugarhill Records' early '80s in-house rhythm section). He dug deep into the album's multi-tracks, surfacing forgotten details and elements not present in the final album mixes. The result airlifts Spoon's trademark melodies into lush alien terrain, replete with vibrant echo and rumbling low-end. "It wasn't just a thing where you pick apart this and you stay on the grid and you add a delay," explains Daniel. "He added so much more instrumentation and it became a different version of the songs. Not a remix, but a companion piece. A ‘Part II.'" Released in February 2022, Lucifer on the Sofa is Spoon's purest rock 'n 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. Written and recorded over the last two years – both in and out of lockdown – the songs mark a shift toward something louder, wilder, and more full-color. "It's the best thing they've ever done," wrote Rolling Stone. "More than exceeding their usual quotient of fire guitars, killer choruses, and crafty rock-history updates."