Built to Spill: 'Perfect' vs. 'Keep it Like a Secret'

we can all at least agree that TNWWL has the only actually funny hidden/joke track of the period

look for the record with ME on the cover

Cause baby you know I’m a REBEL
I’m a RAMBLER...
(Waxes poetic on axe)

we can all at least agree that TNWWL has the only actually funny hidden/joke track of the period

― Simon H., Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:07 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

look for the record with ME on the cover

― tylerw, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:10 AM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao it really is actually funny

re: concerns about the three-piece lineup & how doug could manage to make up for missing guitars... this arrangement of Else from a couple years ago is really beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JxIYuVwKw

That is nice! You know what would make it better? Second guitarist.

Lol yea but still, good version. There was a sweet pro shot video of a full show from 1999 at some theater in Boulder that’s disappeared off YouTube for some reason unfortunately. Amazing version of Else with lap steel

we can all at least agree that TNWWL has the only actually funny hidden/joke track of the period

― Simon H., Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:07 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

look for the record with ME on the cover

― tylerw, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:10 AM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao it really is actually funny

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, January 31, 2018 1:28 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This and Sebadoh showtape 91

this seems like the more recently active Built to Spill thread so I'll bump this one... BTS sign to Sub Pop! tour dates! new album!

Pacific Northwest rock band Built to Spill have singed with Sub Pop, the Seattle-based label announced today (October 7). In celebration of the news, Built to Spill have shared a string of North American tour dates kicking off in Seattle on December 16 and wrapping up in San Francisco in February of next year. They’ll be joined by Dinosaur Jr., Team Dresch, Prism Bitch, and more on select dates. Find their full schedule below.

In addition to the tour announcement, Sub Pop revealed that Built to Spill—comprised of Doug Martsch, Melanie Radford, and Teresa Esguerra—are currently working on their debut album for the label. The LP is due out next year, and will mark the band’s follow-up to 2015’s Untethered Moon. Last year, the group issued Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston.

said dates:

12-16 Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market =
12-17 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall =
12-18 Olympia, WA - Capitol Theatre =
12-19 Tacoma, WA - Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple =
01-26 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^ !
01-27 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^ !
01-29 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^ !
01-30 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^ $
01-31 Eugene, OR - Sessions Music Hall ^ ! $
02-02 Sacramento, CA - Harlows ^ $
02-03 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory ^ $
02-04 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl ^ #
02-05 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet's (Outdoors) ^ $
02-07 San Diego, CA - Belly Up ^ $
02-08 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^ $
02-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^ $
02-10 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre ^ $
02-11 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ^ $
02-12 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ^ $

= w/ Team Dresch
^ w/ Prism Bitch
# w/ Dinosaur Jr.
! w/ Oh, Rose
$ w/ Itchy Kitty

Doug has been in a sort of strange - maybe transitional, it seems now - zone recently, playing backyards and tiny venues in Portland and elsewhere in the Northwest. It's cool that he has switched up the lineup to include two women, though I generally would rather see BTS as a quartet.

I saw a pretty great trio show back in the 90s (and also a terrible one!). He's definitely a cool player, I like the idea of him doing a little more heavy lifting. Glad he's still at it!