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    LONE STAR STATE OF MIND

    Apr 05, 2022 4 minutes
    BY JIM BEAUGEZ

    AFTER RECORDING SPOON’S previous few albums on the East and West coasts, guitarist, songwriter and frontman Britt Daniel decided it was time to head home to Austin, Texas, where he started the band with drummer Jim Eno three decades ago. The results were immediate. “The Hardest Cut,” the first song written after the band returned to Texas, is the hardest-rocking tune in the Spoon catalog. Built on a boogie rhythm inspired by ZZ Top and a deceptively simple riff, and featuring a blistering solo from co-guitarist Gerardo Larios, “The Hardest Cut” set the tone for Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador).

    Recorded at Eno’s studio, the sessions were marked by

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