Built to Spill: There. Though this town is 5. Seattle, almost an eight- hour drive, that's not so far in this part of the country. You have your car, and everything is spread out, and you're always ready to cover ground when you need to. So despite the distance Boise could conceivably be considered part of the Pacific Northwest, if you stretch the definition a little bit, and the music scene there, such as it is, has some connections to its larger neighboring cities. There's a Boise band called Built to Spill led by Doug Martsch, who used to be in an indie rock band based in Seattle called Treepeople. Two of the stories in the Pacific Northwest rock scene in the '8. D. I. Y. Martsch's songwriting has some parallels with the wide- eyed and playful perspective of indie pop, but his twee impulses are tempered by his epic guitar work, which is not connected to grunge proper but can be traced to one of the scene's influences, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Having made one album, 1. ![]() Ultimate Alternative Wavers, Built to Spill return to Seattle to record their follow- up, There's Nothing Wrong With Love, the record that would change everything for the band. I'd like to think it doesn't matter, but it does. There's Nothing Wrong With Love, newly reissued on vinyl after being out of print on the format for almost two decades, has come to define a certain strand of indie rock, leaving a cluster of threads picked up by Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, and many more. But beyond its influence, it captures a truly original songwriting voice at the exact moment he realized what he had to offer. It's the album as snow globe, a small place where interconnected stories happen and you can get a different perspective on them depending on your vantage point. Built to Spill had some great records ahead of them, but they would never make another album with this level of intimacy. ![]() Urban Decay is beauty with an edge. It is feminine, dangerous, and fun.appealing to anyone who relishes her individuality and dares to express it. There's Nothing Wrong With Love finds Martsch on the cusp of true adulthood (his first child was born around the time it was made, and his feelings around that are documented on . The songs highlight the tiny feelings and sensations that have no obvious consequences in the moment but somehow stay with you in every detail. And Martsch has a special talent for pinpointing the tossed- off moments that others might connect to. As a kid, I was excited to learn about the constellations. I spent 2. 0- something years with that meaningless thought pinging in my head, and then I heard a song on this album that started with the words . All the album's hyper- specific lyrical details. Then he follows with . Built to Spill showed only hints of the explosive rock machine they'd later become. Acoustic guitar features heavily, a cello saws away in the background, serving as a sort of Greek chorus tracking the emotional arc of a given song's characters. Once in a while, Martsch hits the stomp box and unleashes a noisy solo, the distortion dusting his effortless melodicism with longing. There's plenty of open space, and his voice is much cleaner than it would be later. The sequencing and editing is brilliant, from . It's a sound that is simultaneously tiny and huge, a keepsake tucked into a pocket that could at any moment magically become the size of a billboard. With its focus on childhood, the nature of existence, and the search for meaning, it's possible to hear There's Nothing Wrong With Love in the terms of . But Martsch's open heart keeps you on his side. There's real beauty in the fumbling exploration he describes in . It reminded me that one reason young people do drugs is because they offer a second chance to see things for the first time. To borrow one last line from. ![]() Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife, stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face (played by Madchen Amick) lies a wicked person who sent. The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993) World Gone Wrong (1993) Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 (1994). There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, newly reissued on vinyl after being out of print on the format for almost two decades, has come to define a certain strand of indie. Lionsgate Sets March 2018 Release Date for Roderick “Pooh” Clark (front center of pic) RODERICK “POOH” CLARK IS NOW PARALYZED In 1993, one of the original members of Hi-Five, Roderick “Pooh” Clark. ![]()
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