Three and a half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording There Is No Enemy led Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch to wonder whether this would be the last album he ever makes. For this release, song lyrics were labored over then thrown in the trash, guitar parts revised again (and again). A musician and artist like Doug Martsch edits far more than he keeps. For over twenty years, he has been writing and recording music. Built to Spill members Brett Nelson (bass), Scott P   [ read more ]

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As definitive a concert document of the band as we're likely to get, and it's close to being essential listening even for fans that aren't keen on live albums. 'Live''s defining performance is a 20-minute cover of Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer,' on which Doug Martsch's vocal and guitar work bear an amazingly accurate similarity to Young, almost to the point of flat-out imitation. Yet somehow, the performance doesn't feel derivative -- it seems more like Martsch is staking out long-coveted territory and on   [ read more ]

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Perhaps realizing that their time on a major label was likely limited, Built to Spill made a gutsy choice for Keep It Like a Secret, their second album for Warner Brothers. They embraced the sounds of a big studio and focused their sound without sacrificing their fractured indie-rock aesthetic. In a sense, this is Built to Spill's pop album: every song is direct and clean, without the long, cerebral jamming that characterized their earlier albums. That's not to say that the album is compromised -- the song   [ read more ]

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This collection strings together Built to Spill's loose ends: outtakes from each of the band's first two albums, three independently released singles, and two tracks recorded for compilations. Given bandleader Doug Martsch's penchant for exquisite production and extensive arranging on his later albums, this mix-and-match release is certainly the least desirable full-length the band has released. The sound is sparse, and Martsch is still learning the intricacies of his craft. But the innocence in songs like    [ read more ]

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