ALBUM STREAM: Spoon – ‘They Want My Soul’

July 28th, 2014

Nina Corcoran

Spoon’s new album, They Want My Soul, finally comes out on August 5 via Loma Vista. It’s been four years since 2010’s Transference and almost 10 months since they announced a new album was on the way. Now, at last, the album can be streamed in full at iTunes Radio.

The 10-track full-length is the first time Spoon has used an outside producer (Joe Chiccarelli [My Morning Jacket, Beck, The Strokes] and Dave Fridmann [The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev]), the first time frontman Britt Daniel incorporated a new-found obsession with classic rock staples AC/DC and The Rolling Stones, and the first time they’ve made an apocalyptic video for one of their singles.

“The last album was pretty introspective; there were songs on it that were clearly written in a dark bedroom, or whatever, and were probably made for that kind of environment, too,” Daniel said in an interview. “This one, I think, is a lot more outward-looking; it’s one for playing loud in your car.” Since iTunes Radio can’t actually be picked up in the car, it looks like the best bet for maximum enjoyment of They Want My Soul is pre-ordering a copy here, waiting for the postman patiently. and streaming the album through your headphones until he shows up.