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Spoon Frontman Britt Daniel Talks ‘Lucifer on the Sofa,’ the Challenges of Touring in 2022 and the State of Rock

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Ethan Shanfeld For nearly three decades, Spoon has been quietly building one of modern rock’s most robust discographies. Over the years the Austin outfit, founded by frontman Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno, has put out multiple alternative hits, including “Inside Out,” “Sister Jack,” “The Underdog” and “Do You,” and scored a handful of Top 5 albums on the Billboard rock charts.

Released in February, the band’s first studio album in five years, “Lucifer on the Sofa,” seems a solid Grammy contender in the alternative and rock categories.

Coming off a North American tour and ahead of the release of companion remix album “Lucifer on the Moon” (featuring “Sofa” songs reworked by Adrian Sherwood), Daniel spoke with Variety about the state of rock in 2022, the problems with touring during COVID and why he mourns the golden age of radio. “Lucifer on the Sofa” is one of your rawest, most straightahead albums.

Was there a particular mission statement going into making it? The mission statement was to have fun making it — to have kind of a party as you’re making it.

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