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Hot Thoughts is the bravest, most sonically inventive work of Spoons career. With all due respect to earlier efforts that have made the quintet both critically acclaimed and a commercial contender, preconceptions about this band are about to be obliterated. Thats not to say Hot Thoughts doesnt have a requisite supply of infectious earworms but theres a lyrical bent thats as carnal as its crafty, and a newfound sense of sonic exploration that results in the genresmasher Spoon have flirted with in the past but not fully consummated.

Co-produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann and reunited with Matador (third times the charm), let's acknowledge that Britt Daniels spot in the pantheon of rocks genius songwriters was well established a ways back, but with the crackling, incandescent, multi-dimensional backdrop conjured on Hot Thoughts, the lines between accessible and experimental become non-factors for once and all. Its pop as high art, delivered with total confidence and focus.