Portland psych rockers Spoon Benders don’t give it an earnest and exhilarating go anyway. The band’s latest, How Things Repeat, feels like a transition record in the grandest way. The usual prog and psych affectations are still here, but something bigger is brewing underneath these little juggernauts. Elements of noise, metal and experimental are forming here, suggesting that the band are building a springboard into newer and even more electrifying territories.
