It's short. It's catchy. It's sparse. It's Spoon's new album, Kill the Moonlight.

Clocking in at just under 35 minutes, the short length of the indie rock album seems appropriate considering that the longest songs on it top out at around three and a half minutes. It's a snappy and enjoyable trip through the 13 tracks Spoon produced for Kill the Moonlight.

Most of the songs are so ridiculously catchy that by the end you should pretty much have the lyrics down. Many times it seems like the title of the song is just repeated over and over, with surprisingly effective results.

The instrumentation is just barely there. It seems like a contradiction to say that the music here is sparse and eclectic, but that's the case. Singer/guitarist Britt Daniel uses a variety of different instruments and effects to create his music, but at the same time he is very careful not to go overboard. With many of the songs, Daniel nearly makes not playing an instrument an art form.

The best example of this brilliant emptiness is "Paper Tiger," perhaps the album's best song. In a way, it sounds like a pared-down Radiohead song. The lyrics are few, but beautiful. The music is experimental, but bare. "I'm not dumb, just want to hold your hand," Daniel croons through the barrenness.

While "Paper Tiger" uses the scarcity of sound in a downbeat way, most of the album's songs move in the opposite direction.

"Jonathon Fisk" is an up-tempo rocker complete with choppy, energetic guitar riffs. It's quite Pixies-esque.

"Stay Don't Go" uses a human beatbox sample to achieve its level of eclecticism and eccentricity. And while the beatbox effect might grow a bit tiresome by the end of the song, it's certainly one of the more interesting effects to build a song around.

A bare piano and hand clapping accent the insanely catchy "The Way We Get By." Just try to get through this one without beginning to clap along.

In "Don't Let It Get You Down," Spoon uses acoustic guitar and Daniel's cooing to carry the song.

The quiet closing track "Vittorio E." uses more acoustic guitar and piano to achieve a slow and haunting finale. As the song goes on, the music builds until it's almost loud at the end, but not quite. The sound slides off, closing the album perfectly.

Kill the Moonlight will most likely go unnoticed by almost all except the most diehard indie music fans, which is sad because it's a fine album. Although it doesn't necessarily break a lot of ground, it still uses music and lack of music in ways that are fascinating, creating a cohesive album full of odd, little memorable moments.

Considering this is only Spoon's fourth album, there is certainly much to look forward to from them, as long as you can find them first.