I love rainy days. They give me an excuse to sit in my room all day and listen to music (not that I really need an excuse). Today, I’m listening to the new Iron & Wine, Beirut, Jose Gonzalez, and Sea Wolf. As you can tell, it’s been an active week in music.
But that’s not what I’m writing about this week. Instead, I’ve decided to share with you two amazing songs that I’d almost forgotten about, as well as the story that brought about their conception.
Back in late 90′s, Spoon was an unknown band struggling to make a name for themselves. Then in 1996 their luck seemed to change when they met Ron Laffitte, the west coast general manager of Elektra. Out of their friendship came a record deal with Elektra and the LP A Series of Sneaks.
Praised by critics, A Series of Sneaks failed to sell. Shortly after, Laffitte was fired. A few months later, Spoon was also unceremoniously dropped, despite promises of continued support from Elektra president Sylvia Rhone.
Naturally, Spoon was quite upset. In response, they went into the studio and recorded two bitter tracks chronicling the entire ordeal: “Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now” and “The Agony of Laffitte”. Later, when Spoon signed with Merge, they re-released A Series of Sneaks. Sort of like a big middle finger to Laffitte, Rhone, and Elektra, the reissue featured two bonus tracks that, as you can probably guess, are the ones mentioned above.
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