Ancient Melodies Of the Future destroyed this band. All momentum vanished.
I disagree. That album had a number of highlights and There Is No Enemy was a very good album - they've just never quite reached their mid-period peak again.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
I haven't listened to ancient melodies in a very long time but it was one of most anticipated albums and I remember being very disappointed. I thought that the even the worst songs of perfect and secret were better then the best songs off of ancient melodies. But it's been a long time.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
When it first came out, Ancient Melodies turned me off of the band for a while. But revisiting it a few years later I wound up really loving it. Untethered Moon is really the only one I don't rate.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
this album is just ridiculously great
every time i put it on i can't believe i didn't find it earlier, especially when i was a young teenager & super into modest mouse
i mean, fuck. "Else"
god
music is magic
― flappy bird, Friday, 1 December 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
you've become what you thought was dumb -- a fraction of the sum -- the middle and the funnow it's coming back -- hasn't it come too far?i was trying to help -- but i guess i pushed too hard?now we can't even touch it -- afraid it'll fall apart?
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 December 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
Flawless album.
― Evan R, Friday, 1 December 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
turn your back on their hating
\m/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 December 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
Your body breaksYour needs consume you foreverAnd with this liesthe need to be here together
― flappy bird, Friday, 1 December 2017 03:19 (six years ago) link
this is the best guitar album on earth
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 1 December 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
fbird otm
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Friday, 1 December 2017 04:45 (six years ago) link
yes to all these posts
― geoffreyess, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
the girl i was dating when this came out was super into it the the point where i was totally turned off about the album and band. but i have gone back to it in subsequent years and my feeling about it took a 180 . great album
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
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― flappy bird, Monday, 8 January 2018 06:07 (six years ago) link
you were right is the onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDUEeu1ocUA
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Sunday, 13 May 2018 05:53 (five years ago) link
that's the shit
― niels, Sunday, 13 May 2018 11:44 (five years ago) link
First heard of BTS when my a friend of my brother's gave this album a 10/10 review in a student newspaper. Then I think I tuned into some US 'indie' internet radio station and without them announcing 'You Were Right', I thought to myself "I bet this is Built To Spill", despite never having knowingly heard them. Went out and got the album the next time I saw it in a shop.
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
they are good on late nite talk showshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLENvg4_oZA
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 13 May 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
this is cool, a slightly different arrangement of Else from 2001. DM arpeggiates the chords and there are these great rests from the whole band in between every lyric. changes the feel of the song. outro is a lot longer, slower, and spacier - so fucking good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7yBNxnH-fU
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 06:52 (five years ago) link
oh thats rad
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 07:05 (five years ago) link
20th anniversary tour!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6Sv9CgQsl/
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
Going to see'em next month. So excited
― nathom, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Going to the Webster Hall show
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 March 2019 05:21 (five years ago) link
i've found them amazing live and quite dull in equal measure. i'll still probably hit one of these up tho
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 24 March 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
never seen them but have heard the same. then again, how can you go wrong playing Keep It Like a Secret front to back?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
I've had a few chances to see them before and never have, and wouldn't if they weren't doing a KILAS tour.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link
they were very dull on their tour with the Whigs. any idea if they're more than a three-piece on this one?
― Simon H., Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
probably can't
though the only time i saw them was the You in Reverse era and was i so disappointed. they seemed so tired, even way back then, just very slow and boring, even though they were playing a bunch of my waves. weird show
― but i'm there are fuckups (Karl Malone), Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
xp to "how can you go wrong playing Keep It Like a Secret front to back?"
― but i'm there are fuckups (Karl Malone), Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
*faves
sigh
Yeah, Whigs tour they were a snooze.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
esp in contrast to the Whigs, who were incredible
― Simon H., Sunday, 24 March 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
xxpost Ignoring the typo correction and choosing to believe you saw them cover "My Wave" slowly, over and over again.
― cwkiii, Monday, 25 March 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 March 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link
touring Keep It Like a Secret without a second guitarist seems insane
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 March 2019 04:10 (five years ago) link
just listened to it and can't imagine they'd try
― alomar lines, Monday, 25 March 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
They did songs from it on that Whigs tour, and yeah, it was missing a lot.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 March 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
They played as a four-piece tonight in Glasgow. Saved Carry The Zero for the last song of the album's set. I get it now.
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
WOO! that's a relief. I can't imagine them doing all of KILAS as a trio
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
how long did they stretch out Carry the Zero
this album is so amazing, the marquee moon of the 90s, what a towering achievement of guitar
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 21:20 (two years ago) link
i like marquee moon of the 90s (although for me that's Perfect From Now On). Perfect + Keep It is the marquee moon of the 90s, for me, on an equal level. godlike
― the world's undisputed #1 fan of 'Spud Infinity' (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link
perfect from now on rules too, it's tough choice and they feel of a piece as you said
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
Great driving record.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
It's very much like Marquee Moon for me in that they both open with amazing songs I love and close with ones I kind of dislike and kill the momentum for me.
The Plan is one of my favorite songs to play on guitar; I wish I could competently play See No Evil but alas.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 23:31 (two years ago) link
aw man i love broken chairs. especially that little whistle part that you keep thinking is gonna come back, but never does
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
I love Keep It but Perfect has never clicked for me…maybe down tempo a bit and lacks the punchy production sheen of Keep It
― calstars, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
Dunno about punchy but it's certainly rich and dense with mellotrons and moogs and cellos, and it feel much more musically and lyrically cohesive, almost like a concept album - the concept being songs about a person who is a dick.
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link
('Perfect...', that is)
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
The first 3 minutes of Stop the Show and the climax / shift into the second part is the kind of thing that would make me post 'hook it straight into my veins'.
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
the concept being songs about a person who is a dick.
Yeah, I think that's why I usually reach for Keep It Like a Secret, even though both albums are great. It's the more sardonic of the two.
Btw, I always think of Built to Spill as being these two albums, even though I've listened to the early stuff and a couple of the later albums (I liked You In Reverse a lot when it came out). I somehow got the impression that Ancient Melodies of the Future was looked upon as one of their lesser albums, so I never listened to it . Going to give it a shot soon.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link