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Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas with a wide following of fans of both underground music and popular music. The band is led by Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Jim Eno (drums); Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).

The band was formed in 1994 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno[1] during a party on Kimbolton Avenue. The name Spoon was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde band Can whose hit song "Spoon" was the theme song to the movie Das Messer.

In 1996, the band signed with Matador Records and released its full-length debut, Telephono. The 1997 EP Soft Effects, also on Matador, exemplifies Spoon's early sound.

Spoon signed with Elektra Records in 1998, but the contract was dropped soon after the band released A Series of Sneaks. In response to being dropped, Spoon released a two-song EP titled The Agony of Laffitte, referring to Elektra A&R man Ron Laffitte. Spoon later signed with Merge Records in the USA, which released the band's Love Ways EP in 2000.

Girls Can Tell, released in 2001, sold more copies than both their previous releases combined. Kill the Moonlight accomplished the same feat a year later.
Their next album, Gimme Fiction, was released on May 10, 2005 on Merge Records. It debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 160,000 copies. They have appeared on many late night talk shows, such as The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and Last Call with Carson Daly, as well as the PBS show Austin City Limits.

Spoon is currently a long-distance band, as Daniel has lived in Portland, Oregon since early 2006.

Their most recent album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was released July 10, 2007, debuting at number 10 on the Billboard 200.