With amped-up acoustic guitars, jumpy song structures, and a punk attitude, Telephono (1996) was the shot across the bow from Austin's fledgling rock heroes. The follow-up, Soft Effects (1997), features five of Spoon's strongest songs and marks a leap forward in their repertoire, signaling the great things to come on subsequent albums.
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''Soft Effects'' is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 21, 1997 by Matador, then re-released with ''Telephono'' in 2006 by Merge Records. - Wikipedia