...the Austin indie rockers cover "Peace Like a River", from Simon's self-titled 1972 solo debut, in their live session for Daytrotter, and they successfully come up with a few new ways to leave your lover.
They've actually been playing the song in live shows for a little while now, transforming Simon's laid-back acoustic plucks and hand percussion into the familiar framework of melodic yet sharp-edged recent Spoon albums like last year's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Simon's vision of the forces of history carrying people through periods of misinformation and thuggery remains resonant, and it's a nice change to hear Britt Daniel's gruff voice reaching up for those high notes. Spoon's Daytrotter session also includes a previously unreleased original-- the jerky and string-accented "Back to the Life"-- along with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga's "The Ghost of You Lingers" and the Soft Effects EP's "I Can See the Dude".
Spoon: Daytrotter Session
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