The reissue closes appropriately, with a two-song harangue directed at Spoon's former Elektra A&R man, Ron Laffitte.
'June's Foreign Spell' is nothing less than savage - a furious stomp of harrowing riffs and Cro-Magnon beats, punctuated by frontman Britt Daniel violently proclaiming, 'I feel like a rat.' But on 'Reservations' and 'Metal Detektor,' the trio deftly balances its bile and aggression with poise and craft.
Now reissued by Merge with two additional tracks, Sneaks hasn't lost any bite. Still, their label, Elektra, never waited around to find out, dumping the band four months after releasing their frazzled 1998 gem. Quote from: David Peisner With its jagged guitar lines, taut grooves and oblique lyrics, Spoon's second album, A Series of Sneaks was probably never going to sell a million copies.
