Listen: SPOON 'Transference' new album

From All Things Considered, NPR:

The band Spoon is a bit of a rarity in rock music — both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

But it took more than a decade for Spoon to get there. The band came together in Austin, Texas, in 1993; five years later, it signed on with a major label, Elektra. In the sea of alternative acts of the day, Spoon wasn't able to stand out enough — at least for the label — and after one record, Elektra dropped the band.

Now that's usually where the story ends for most rock acts. But Spoon signed with a smaller label, Merge Records. And by 2000, the band finally started getting some serious attention, with a string of well-received albums: Girls Can Tell, Kill The Moonlight, Gimme Fiction.

But it was still seven more years before Spoon landed on Billboard's Top 10, with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. And with most of the band members now hovering around age 40, Spoon has become one of the hottest names in music.

With a new album, Transference, released this week, host Guy Raz spoke with founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno.

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE