Spoon: Transference LP

Produced by the band, 2010's Transference is made up of 11 gems that honor the Spoon tradition while pushing the envelope of the Texas art-pop group's sound ever further. "Before Destruction" opens proceedings with a transfixing air of foreboding before "Is Love Forever?" and "The Mystery Zone" kick in the door with the hooks that the band has made its name on. Piano heavy lead single "Written in Reverse" is deconstructed pop at its finest. "The group's best songs sound effortless, almost tossed off, and you only realize that they're also brilliant and irresistible when you find yourself still humming them six months or six years later... This is another welcome example of the band's casual genius" (Jim Derogatis, Chicago Sun-Times).