Spoon drops Hot Thoughts

Spoon
Sept. 2, 7 p.m. | Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park
Tickets: $45 at livenation.com
With its latest record, Hot Thoughts, Spoon manages to do something few thought possible. The Austin, Tex., trio actually pairs down its already sparse sound and puts even more space into the 10 tracks.
The result is the band’s most-seductive and also funky release.
Songwriter, lead-singer and guitarist Britt Daniel says that drummer Jim Eno will have his work cut out for him, as the beats on Hot Thoughts are