Starting as a rock ’n’ roll band in Austin, Texas, with Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, Spoon has become one of the most successful indie rock bands around.
Its last three albums have been in the top two indie records upon release, and its latest, “Transference,” was the No. 4 album in the country.
On Saturday, Spoon is headlining the main stage at the Maha Music Festival.
Last week, we featured an exclusive interview with Spoon bassist Rob Pope, where he talked about the new album and the band’s tour.
Here’s more of our interview with Pope.
Spoon has had a slow rise to popularity. You’ve only been in the band for a few years, but what’s that been like?
It’s been really cool. It feels great to be rewarded for the hard work this band has put in over the years.
At the same time, we still want to keep our upward trajectory and keep going up. We’re still working hard. We want to get out there and try and make really great records.
It’s been really cool to see the growth of the band over the last three years or so.
I mean, we don’t really sit around and think about it much. I think that could get dangerous if you’re plotting it too much.
Are you looking forward to headlining Maha? Do you like playing festivals?
It’s a lot more fun to play outdoors at night. We’ve done a ton of these festivals when there’s some bigger headliners and we’re playing at 5 or 6 in the afternoon. You can’t really tell if people are exhausted from being there all day or excited to see you. It’s a lot more fun for us to play later and at least get to show off our light show.
You’re in both the Get Up Kids and Spoon. Is that difficult?
When the Get Up Kids broke up initially, I had a year of not really playing music.
With Spoon, I got hooked up with them through a mutual friend — it was a pretty easy evolution. I get along with these guys, and they’re great. We hit it off pretty quickly.
You haven’t forgotten any songs or anything?
I worry about it a lot, and it doesn’t really happen. It’s kinda muscle memory at this point. I went on a tour with the Get Up Kids in Europe for three weeks right before we toured with Spoon. I hadn’t played a Spoon song in a month but I fell right back into it.
Contact the writer:
444-1557, kevin.coffey@owh.com
Copyright ©2012 Omaha World-Herald®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, displayed or redistributed for any purpose without permission from the Omaha World-Herald.
