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“Clearly it was time Lou Reed’s ‘No Money Down’ video was remade for the 21st century,” says Britt Daniel, adding, “We did the research, and it turns out 80 percent of our fan base is composed of graphic designers. This one’s for y’all.”
Set in the world of a YouTube Photoshop tutorial, Spoon have released what may be one of the most simple-yet-brilliant music videos of all time for Hot Thoughts standout single, “Do I Have To Talk You Into It.” We’re here to help break it down…
Step 1 – Hire Brook Linder, the mastermind behind recent Nine Inch Nails and Beck videos, to direct. He explains the method behind the madness in today’s behind-the-scenes interview with Gizmodo, HERE
Step 2 – Take some captivating photos of the notoriously sharp Britt Daniel
Step 3 – Erase his eyeballs
Step 4 – Let your inner Picasso fly
Step 5 – Remove his skin (it’s almost Halloween after all)
Step 6 – Erase his face
Step 7 – Well… we can’t give everything away…
Recent live reviews can confirm the face-melting, actually happens in real life, sans Photoshop:
“Each song was everything it could possibly be… Few bands are as intuitively in-sync as Spoon. Exuding a meticulous yet ferocious energy, they made sure no one in the crowd forgot it” –San Francisco Weekly (Greek Theatre)
“A greatest hits show… there were no sleepers in this rapid fire rock set” –Billboard (Lollapalooza)
“[They] demonstrate how it’s possible to evolve and bring in fresh ideas while retaining the terse, melodic impulse of its vintage days” –Chicago Tribune (Lollapalooza)
“The perfect festival band” –Brooklyn Magazine (Panorama)
“The perfect way to end an incredible weekend of music” –American Songwriter (Forecastle)
Spoon’s ninth album, the Dave Fridmann-produced Hot Thoughts, came out to a cavalcade of critical ecstasy in March, and has sustained continuous praise the “Mid-Year Best-Of” lists of Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, SPIN, Billboard, Consequence of Sound, and more, a sure sign of what’s to come as we enter the last leg of 2017.
