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Harvtron
Harvtron Posts: 148
edited May 2022 in Other Music
So I have been hanging around this kid who listens to Built to Spill. Before a month ago I had never even heard of them. I was just wondering what people here thought about them?
Thanks,
Steve :)
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  • KM43590
    KM43590 Posts: 298
    They're a great rock band. Pretty unique sound. You can't go wrong with Build to Spill! Enjoy!
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    A few thoughts:

    1. Great indie rock band. Much of current indie is owed to these guys.
    2. Great live show.
    3. Last 2 albums ("There Is No Enemy" and "You In Reverse") are significantly better than anything else they've done.
    4. This thread will be moved. ;)
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    vant0037 wrote:
    A few thoughts:


    3. Last 2 albums ("There Is No Enemy" and "You In Reverse") are significantly better than anything else they've done.
    ;)


    This is false. I don't mean to argue, but their best album is "Perfect From Now On". It is by far their best and "Kept Like A Secret"is also up there. I'm not saying there newest 2 aren't great though, they def are. Also, def check out their live album it has a rockin version of Angry Chairs and Cortez the Killer. And yes, it is a great live show. I saw them cover Ripple by the Grateful Dead last year, which as you can imagine was a awesome.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951

    Built to Spill Announce Keep It Like a Secret Anniversary Tour




  • adusick
    adusick Posts: 1,389
    buck502000 said:

    Built to Spill Announce Keep It Like a Secret Anniversary Tour




    So. Damn. Pumped.
  • kaw753
    kaw753 Posts: 941
    edited March 2019
    Eddie said they were a great band at Outside Lands in 2009, so you are free to like them. True story. 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    See also, Guided By Voices 
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,463
    edited March 2019
    Love Built to Spill! See my forum handle!

    All if their albums are great! 

    Love Goin’ Against My Mind off You in Reverse.

    Keep It Like a Secret is an all time favorite album and Perfect From Now On is spectacular!

    Also, love Big Dipper! I could go on. Got to shake Doug’s hand at the Atlanta show last fall.
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    CarryTheZero said:
    Love Built to Spill! See my forum handle!

    All if their albums are great! 

    Love Goin’ Against My Mind off You in Reverse.

    Keep It Like a Secret is an all time favorite album and Perfect From Now On is spectacular!

    Also, love Big Dipper! I could go on. Got to shake Doug’s hand at the Atlanta show last fall.
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,463
    I’m so psyched about this summer tour now!
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    danlee1095 Posts: 1,316
    These guys are amazing.  Carry the Zero one of the best indie pop songs of all time @CarryTheZero!!
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,463
    Agreed I can always hear that song any time. Just listened to Keep It Like a Secret and Untethered Moon last night!

    So psyched for the new album in September!

    (Not sure how we started this thread over here, know there is one in other music).
  • emptycupinthemiddleofthesea
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    2-feign-reluctance said:
    See also, Guided By Voices 
    Built to Spill and Guided by Voices are the only other bands aside from PJ that I've seen more than 30 times and will continue to see every chance I get. They should be playing stadiums, but lucky for us, they play rock clubs. Check them out if you haven't heard them. I think Eddie mentioned Guided by Voices right after Fugazi in his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech. 
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  • bradklausen
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    one of my all time favorites 

    perfect from now on and keep it like a secret are desert island albums for me 

    seen built to spill more times then I can recall... they often would play 3 nights in Seattle, and I would go to all 3 shows or however many they would play. 

    not the most exciting band to watch, doug martsch (singer / writer) is the ultimate anti-rockstar / frontman, no flash, no on stage persona, no fancy clothes, just a dude and his guitar.... but the man can play guitar and write a song... keep it like a secret is from beginning to end a masterclass 

    when they had 3 guitar players, with doug, jim roth and brett netson...it was unreal... go check out the Live Album... it's all great but the 20 minute version of Cortez the Killer at the Showbox (which I was at!) is so good.. so is the 19 minute version of Broken Chairs 

    I can't gush enough about Built to Spill... and can't thank tim bierman enough for spinning their records back in the day at the old warehouse and introducing them to me (along with many other bands I had never heard and might never have listened to) 

    and like Carry the Zero (great song) said, Goin Against Your Mind, another just rad song, one of my favorites 





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    9/23 in DEN 
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,463
    bradklausen said:
    one of my all time favorites 

    perfect from now on and keep it like a secret are desert island albums for me 

    seen built to spill more times then I can recall... they often would play 3 nights in Seattle, and I would go to all 3 shows or however many they would play. 

    not the most exciting band to watch, doug martsch (singer / writer) is the ultimate anti-rockstar / frontman, no flash, no on stage persona, no fancy clothes, just a dude and his guitar.... but the man can play guitar and write a song... keep it like a secret is from beginning to end a masterclass 

    when they had 3 guitar players, with doug, jim roth and brett netson...it was unreal... go check out the Live Album... it's all great but the 20 minute version of Cortez the Killer at the Showbox (which I was at!) is so good.. so is the 19 minute version of Broken Chairs 

    I can't gush enough about Built to Spill... and can't thank tim bierman enough for spinning their records back in the day at the old warehouse and introducing them to me (along with many other bands I had never heard and might never have listened to) 

    and like Carry the Zero (great song) said, Goin Against Your Mind, another just rad song, one of my favorites 





    That live album is amazing, especially Cortez and Virginia Reel Around the Fountain! So cool you got to see it! I’m a big fan of Goin’ Against Your Mind, love the solo to close out The Wait.

    So psyched for the new album!

    Side note: I love your Wrigley ‘16, Fenway ‘18, and Nashville ‘20 prints! Hung in my media room and enjoy them every day! Your Phoenix poster was amazing this year!
  • bradklausen
    bradklausen Posts: 441
    CarryTheZero said:
    bradklausen said:
    one of my all time favorites 

    perfect from now on and keep it like a secret are desert island albums for me 

    seen built to spill more times then I can recall... they often would play 3 nights in Seattle, and I would go to all 3 shows or however many they would play. 

    not the most exciting band to watch, doug martsch (singer / writer) is the ultimate anti-rockstar / frontman, no flash, no on stage persona, no fancy clothes, just a dude and his guitar.... but the man can play guitar and write a song... keep it like a secret is from beginning to end a masterclass 

    when they had 3 guitar players, with doug, jim roth and brett netson...it was unreal... go check out the Live Album... it's all great but the 20 minute version of Cortez the Killer at the Showbox (which I was at!) is so good.. so is the 19 minute version of Broken Chairs 

    I can't gush enough about Built to Spill... and can't thank tim bierman enough for spinning their records back in the day at the old warehouse and introducing them to me (along with many other bands I had never heard and might never have listened to) 

    and like Carry the Zero (great song) said, Goin Against Your Mind, another just rad song, one of my favorites 





    That live album is amazing, especially Cortez and Virginia Reel Around the Fountain! So cool you got to see it! I’m a big fan of Goin’ Against Your Mind, love the solo to close out The Wait.

    So psyched for the new album!

    Side note: I love your Wrigley ‘16, Fenway ‘18, and Nashville ‘20 prints! Hung in my media room and enjoy them every day! Your Phoenix poster was amazing this year!
    yeah all of goin against your mind is great...one of those songs that sounds like it is gonna end then just thankfully keeps going 

    super psyched for new album too 

    thanks for the kind words! 

    Built To Spill.... the OG BTS! 


  • mfc2006
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    fantastic band
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,463
    Have been listening to the new album a lot. Love it. Especially the last 4 tracks. Spiderweb is a new favorite of mine. Love all those different guitar parts he has going through it. 

    Seven years was a long wait for albums, but totally worth it. 

    Weird he has two songs on this that basically share song titles with No Doubt.

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