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Interview With Doug Martsch

Doug Martsch as Cat Stevens Ink Blot convinced Built to Spill's major domo to put down the plectrum and talk into our mic for a second. Find out what he had to say ...
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Why We Love Built to Spill
Right now, somewhere in the world, someone is lying on a couch listening to a Built to Spill album with his headphones on and the lights off.
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Why You Love Built to Spill
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Built to Spill Photo Gallery
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Built to Spill Links                                      

Click for Warner's Built to Spill pageThe Official Page
Such is the dire state of BTS fansite-land that this official page is the best link we can give you. And the news hasn't been updated since July! They do have some good pics and stuff, though.


Click for the BTS Message BoardBuilt to Spill Message Board
Buried as a link off the official site for the Keep It Like A Secret album, this is the most active BTS message board. Our link takes you right there.

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The Vitals: Links, Bio, etc.

Hey, How would Randy describe that? Built To Spill is many things to many people, but to Doug Martsch, BTS's founder and songwriter, it's the end result of many years of band swapping and indie notoriety.
Mo' bio

Guilt, Regret and Embarassment

Doesn't sound normal to me. The Normal Years
From the get-go there are still hints of the Treepeople floating around, but underneath the edgy and rough-hewn choruses are the kernels of more expansive and melodic sounds.
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Or nice guitar rock, for that matter. There's Nothing Wrong With Love
You don't just listen to these songs, you read them; they tell stories rich in detail and deep in emotional color.
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Nice prediction. Perfect From Now On
Perfect From Now On is super jangly guitar rock with a self confidence problem.
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Shhh ... Keep It Like A Secret
On the band's second major label release, Doug Martsch surprises us again with a completely different, yet even more cohesive record.
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Built To Last Live
Live is a colossal, jam-packed album that proves the band from Idaho can boldly play dignified arena rock.
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Center of Their Universe                      

Cautic Resin at their day job

The Extended Family:
Caustic Resin, The Treepeople, Modest Mouse, The Halo Benders, State of Confusion, Farm Days, The Spinanes, Quasi

The Inspirations:
The Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., The Smiths, Camper Van Beethoven, Modest Mouse, The Beatles, Neil Young, Caustic Resin

The Inspired:
Caustic Resin, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, A Minor Forest