built to spill

It used to be that every other BTS show I saw was good. The others ranged from bad to utterly horrible. And yes, I like Built to Spill a lot.

The one time I saw Polvo, they were ok.

i saw the treepeople 2x, once with doug and once without. much better than BTS IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTWH5rq9DGc

this new song ("gonna lose") rips pretty hard

Yeah, I dig it. Can't believe the release is still four months out.

https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2022/04/builttospill-whenthewindforgets-3600-1649711995-720x720.jpeg

hope it sounds better than it looks.

looooool, the typo in this thread title! it's a good one

i am liking this new album, and i didn't expect to. it has a warmth to it.

the cover, i mean, hey, sometimes there's a deadline and it sneaks up on you

Cover is awful but I heard the single on the kexp live thing and could imagine it being a Keep it b-side

Has this band ever had a good album cover? Or even a halfway decent one, for that matter? I'm starting to think it's intentional, the in-joke schtick of a band not known for schticks

The collage of Keep It is cool

it wouldn't win awards but I quite like 'there is no enemy'.

More props to Caustic Resin, who travel back and forth just as often, but mainly to indifferent audiences opening for other bands. They got heckled when they opened for the Frogs at Graceland last year. It was really awkward.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, April 8, 2004

Medicine is great; so is Fly Me To The Moon. I’ve tried BTSCR but think it didn’t grab me, maybe I should listen again.

it's kind of amazing that brett netson got replaced with brett nelson

Yeah it’s like an indie rock Spinal Tap joke.

See also: Wings guitarists and drummers.

i will check this out but i mostly wanted to share the chuckle over the cover art. 😄 indeed

also i really liked that one song on you in reverse where i could sing along "go and get your mom! go and get your mom!" even though i knew it was wrong.

they're a goid band to make fun of.

i realize that it is pandering to me, but caustic resin's cover of 'hold your head up' is incredible

the people on the album haven't been in the band since 2019, Doug went back to the "new band members every time" thing.

Have yet to check Built to Spill Caustic Resin

When Not Being Stupid is Not Enough is my favorite Bulit to Spill song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrfPnPL1OVM

I actually kinda like the cover of this one! It's weird and stupid, but it's got a good color palette IMO. It's not a million miles away from like, a Lightning Bolt album cover

love the album art on the new one. perfect from now on and keep it like a secret have good art, too.

lol i made a thread for the new record a few months ago built to spill: when the wind forgets your name (sept 9 2022)

When The Board Forgets Your Thread

;_;

It’s actually spelled bulit to spill

bulit train to spillsville

From Steven Hyden, via Indie Mixtape newsletter:

Before I write anything else about Doug Martsch, I want to state for the record that, yes, he is aware of the meme conflating his band, the long-running indie-rock institution Built To Spill, with the mega-successful K-pop group BTS. And — like so many other middle-aged guys who like indie rock — he also enjoys making his own Built To Spill/BTS jokes. “Even I get fooled,” he says during a recent Zoom call. “I’m looking at my Apple newsfeed and see something about us, and then, aw! Always disappointed.” While the 52-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist might experience the occasional letdown over, say, not having his own McDonald’s meal, he does feel satisfaction regarding Built To Spill enduring as one of the great legacy indie bands of the ’90s. As their peers have navigated various break-ups, reunions, and other miscellaneous peaks and valleys, Built To Spill have chugged steadily along, putting out consistently strong albums and touring regularly. Ahead of the new BTS album, When The Wind Forgets Your Name, I asked Martsch to look back at the other Built To Spill records to chart his path to the latest LP. Read our conversation here.

That's a tough one to follow, but here Hyden and Ian Cohen review new Built To Spill and Afghan Whigs:https://linktr.ee/indiecast?eml=2022September12/5819002/6424941&etsubid=33248291

Huh, he’s only 52?

i was really hyped when they put out "gonna lose" but nothing else on the new album really jumped out at me unfortunately. that song rips though

can somebody please prevent hyden from writing anything else, thanks

"Elements"... wow. I love this band.

xp Yes incl. his thots after DM's own=bridge too far, sorry.

Was finally able to play this and really enjoyed it, it seemed short and that worked for me. I will be playing again and the song that stood out to me was "Understood."

Has anyone seen them recently? They're playing here and thinking about going on Thursday night but have stuff going on, I did see them in the late 90s in San Francisco and they blew out my ears.

it's a completely different lineup now, just him and two other people, but I've heard they are great

I had a blast seeing them earlier this year. The band he has now is super tight and fun to watch.

They’re touring There’s Nothing Wrong With Love (30th Anniversary) this late summer / fall… just bought tix!

who is they- the new band?

I assume the “current lineup” (Doug; Melanie Radford on bass; and Teresa Esguerra on drums)? They say on IG that the “original cello player” from the album is also joining for the tour.

are they performing this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-LxhaipLPk

As far as I am aware, they've never performed 'Cleo' live before. Might be my favourite track on TNWWL.

I feel like that hidden track was the last time this band exhibited even the smallest indication of having a sense of humor

Buying tickets btw

The Conventional Wisdom video was good for a smile or two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFIBwS0GVX0

Untethered Moon album art could have/should have been a funny animal meme template.

isn't there a Simpsons sample on their first album? ha. pretty goofy move.