The big Spoon is back with their second track from their impending new album, Hot Thoughts, (out March 17th on Matador). Following on the heels of last month’s title track Hot Thoughts, the band is back with the banging Can I Sit Next to You (in the form of its official video below). We haven’t been able to parse the visuals yet, but the song is classic Spoon  with its flagrant guitar-attack augmented with rousing, Radiohead-y synths/strings that would not seem out of place on a 007 film soundtrack. They have also announced some new tour dates (including March 6th at the Observatory in Santa Ana), which you can see at bottom. Get tickets HERE.

The band’s press release points out that: “If the new Spoon single ‘Can I Sit Next to You’ feels eerily familiar, like something that’s been playing in the background of your life for the last few months, there’s actually a good chance it has: For the last few months, a campaign of subliminal placements of ‘Can I Sit Next to You’ has seen the unreleased, unidentifiable track being played at various clubs and venues, as American Airlines boarding music, even by the house bands of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

Tour Dates
02-27 London, England – 100 Club
03-06 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
03-14-16 Austin, TX – The Main (SXSW Residency)
03-23 Sydney, Australia – Metro Theatre
03-25 Thornbury, Australia – The Croxton Bandroom
04-27 Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen
04-28 Oxford, MS – The Lyric
04-29 Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
05-01 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
05-02 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
05-03 Athens, GA – Georgia theater
05-05 Charleston, SC – Music Farm
05-07 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
05-09 Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
05-11 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
06-17 Berlin, Germany – Festaal Kreuzberg
06-18 Mannheim, Germany – Maifeld Derby Festival
06-19 Munich, Germany – Technikum
06-27 Manchester, England – Gorilla
06-28 Glasgow, Scotland – The Arts School
06-30 London, England – O2 Forum
07-07 Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival
07-08 Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive
07-14 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
07-15 Birmingham, AL – Sloss Festival
07-28 New York, NY – Panorama Festival
07-30 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
08-06 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl
08-08 Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
08-09 Bellvue, CO – Mishawaka Amphitheatre