Kill the Moonlight
by Spoon
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 August 2002
- Label: Merge
- Country: United States
- Length: 34:50
- Community rating: 3.82/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Matt Brown
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Kill the Moonlight' distills Spoon's indie rock sound into a sharp, minimalist groove. The album utilizes stripped-down production, punchy pianos, and quirky rhythmic structures to deliver an energetic, consistently catchy collection of progressive pop-rock. It stands as a pivotal record that defined the band's cool, urban aesthetic for the 2000s.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, minimalistic, progressive, rhythmic, jangly
Tracklist
- Small Stakes (03:00)
- The Way We Get By (02:39)
- Something to Look Forward To (02:16)
- Stay Don't Go (03:35)
- Jonathan Fisk (03:15)
- Paper Tiger (03:07)
- Someone Something (02:48)
- Don't Let It Get You Down (03:29)
- All the Pretty Girls Go to the City (03:12)
- You Gotta Feel It (01:29)
- Back to the Life (02:21)
- Vittorio E. (03:39)
Credits
- Michael Byzewski - artwork [tiger art + general art help]
- John Clayton - bass guitar [bass gtr]
- Joshua Zarbo - bass guitar [bass gtr]
- Roman Kuebler - bass guitar [bass gtr]
- Jim Romeo - booking
- Kristin Oppenheim - cover [cover image by]
- Jim Eno - drums, producer, mixed by, recorded by
- Robbie Adams - engineer [addt'l engineering]
- Eggo Johanson - keyboards [keys], piano, tambourine
- Seth Lichtenstein - legal [legal matters]
- Frank Gironda - management
- John Golden - mastered by, edited by [editing]
- Brad Shenfeld - performer [dabouke]
- Ben Dickey - photography by [band photos], layout
- Britt Daniel - producer, mixed by, recorded by, songwriter [song by], vocals, guitar [gtr]
- Mike McCarthy - producer, mixed by, recorded by, twelve-string guitar [12 string gtr]
- Matt Brown - saxophone
- Miles Zuniga - songwriter [song by]