287: Jim Eno (Spoon)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Though Spoon's style has evolved radically over its 25 year existence, Jim Eno's drumming has been consistently tasteful, disciplined, and compositionally clever.

Aside from his work as a drummer, Jim owns the Austin-based studio, Public Hi-Fi, and has engineered and produced for artists such as !!!, Cornell Dupree, John Vanderslice, Alejandro Escovedo, Future Islands, and many others. When we spoke last month, I began by asking Jim if it's possible to safely run recording sessions during the pandemic.

Spoon is re-issuing its catalog via Matador, beginning with early albums Telephono and Soft Effects, which will be re-released on Friday.

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:17.0	During the age of social distancing, we're recording remotely and releasing extra episodes.
0:22.6	We're recording remotely and releasing extra episodes. Today's guest is Jim Eno, perhaps best known as the drummer for the band Spoon.
0:56.0	Though that band's style has evolved radically over its 25-year existence,
1:01.0	Eno's drumming has been consistently tasteful, disciplined, and compositionally clever.
1:06.0	Spoon is reissuing its catalog via Matador Records, beginning with early albums Telephono and Soft Effects,
1:13.5	which will be re-released on Friday.
1:16.5	Aside from his work as a drummer,
1:18.5	Jim owns the Austin-based studio Public Hi-Fi.
1:22.5	He's engineered and produced for artists such as Chick-Chic-Chic,
1:26.0	Cornell Dupree, John Vanderslice, Alejandro Escovedo,
1:30.5	Future Islands, and many others. Jim spoke to me last month from his home in Austin, Texas.
1:40.8	So what's going on at your studio these days?
1:47.8	Do you still have people going in and working?
1:50.6	No.
1:51.5	I pretty much shut everything down.
1:55.6	Right around March, I would say like March 13th, right?
1:59.9	Like the week before, South by Southwest. I had a
2:03.2	client in the week before and she evidently was hanging out with Tom Hanks the week before.
2:13.1	And so that was right when all that stuff went down. So we pretty much locked down and sort of told
2:20.8	everyone that was in the studio that day. They need to need to quarantine and stuff. So it put us,
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