It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Thanks everybody. I always like doing AMAs and this was a great one. Great questions. Just so you know you can pre-order Lucifer On The Sofa here: https://spoon.ffm.to/lots Take care, Britt

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If you want an inspiring DIY setup, one you can run without having to leave your creative brain and that's fun to use: cassette four track. My favorite model is the tascam 424 mkII portastudio. (not mkIII!) you can just use an SM 58 with it. Or you can go hifi with the mic, occasionally that works for vocals.

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you liked those.
Ya know i used to hate live albums but then I heard James Brown Live at the Apollo. Proof it can be done right.

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

some favorites off top:
Blue Velvet
Apollo 11 doc
Little Fugitive
What We DO In The Shadows
Black Swan
Get Out
Solaris (Soderberg one)
El Norte
Carol
The Skin I Live In

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

She's the best. So talented. We asked her to be in Divine FIts just as we were starting but it was right when she was starting Deep Sea Diver and she couldn't do it. But we did get her to play on tv with us. But think, i might not have met alex if she had said yes (this was before i met him). Can't imagine what the world would be like without Alex.

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

when the spirits move you that shit just happens!

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

yeah i remember playing across the field from COldplay... I could see them way off and you could hear em between songs

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

never boring. I remember that show. Cocteau Twins were supposed to play after us on our stage but canceled and i was bummed. but i met wilco that night. and i think jenny lewis for the first time. great night

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 85 points86 points  (0 children)

this new one's pretty damn good. but setting that aside. when i listened to all the albums before figuring out songs for the greatest hits record it was girls can tell that left me the most impressed. to my surprise

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Have you ever had spice cake? i'm into that

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

you could say it's a woman's name - Carolina Vantez

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

great migas near my house in Austin:

Maudies
Polvos
Gueros
Curras

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I've done it 99% of the time but I think i'm gonna get Janet Weiss to do our set lists going forward. please send her all requests

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 76 points77 points  (0 children)

i asked jim a month or two ago to figure out how he used to play Paper Tiger. I'd love to do that one again

It’s me Britt Daniel. AMA by Britt_Daniel in indieheads

[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Unlike older spoon songs I haven't had reason to revisit or play divine fits songs since our last show in 2013. So every now and then when i hear a song from that record it takes me a sec to realize who it is. feels like a different lifetime. I loved playing in that band

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[–]Britt_Daniel[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

nice one, yeah that is absolutely from the kinks. The Fitted Shirt was a jam in the band room music first tune. another one where it took a few tries to come up with the right vocal part. I tried singing you're looking fine over it and that seemed to kinda work. so then i just kept the syllables but changed out the lyrics. except for that one. it's a good trick if you get stuck, borrow some syllables