Spoon plans tour, preps remix EP

Not content to hide behind their shades (see above), those fellas in Spoon, the pride of Merge Records, are set to release a single/EP April 8, featuring their cover of The Natural History's "Don't You Evah." The track will appear on the EP as it did on last July's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, but the eight-song collection will also include the original version as performed by The Natural History. Additionally, the disc features a new Spoon song, "All I Got Is Me," as well as remixes by Diplo, DJ Amaze, Alan Astor, Ted Leo and Matthew Dear. The final contributor, Doc Delay Fixerupper, made it onto the EP because someone saw the remix on his MySpace page and forwarded the track to the band, Britt Daniel told Billboard.com.

As if that wasn't enough, the remix-ee became the remix-er when Daniel lent his track-manipulating abilities to Feist's "I Feel It All" released as a digital-only single package via Arts & Crafts Feb. 12.

The kitchen-utensil-referencing group also released a bonus MP3 on Valentine's Day, a live version of "Paper Tiger" recorded in Sydney, Australia in 2005. The track is available in the bonus section of SpoonTheBand.com.

Spoon toured relentlessly in late 2007, including a couple of passes through the U.S. as well as dates worldwide. The band will head to Europe at the end of the month, then return to tour North America in April and September.

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