Band of the Day: Built to Spill

There are bands who have a few good songs and there are bands who can have a great album. Rarely do you get a band who can release album after album of ass rockin' solid material. Built to Spill has proved to be one of those bands.

Doug Marsch and Co. had a three album run of staggering genius that has not been matched in recent years. The holy trinity is as follows:

1. There's Nothing Wrong With Love
2. Perfect From Now On
3. Keep it Like a Secret

Buy these three albums and listen to them non-stop. For like 6 or 7 days play nothing but these 3 albums. Learn them. Know them. Become them. Because I promise you, no matter what mood you are currently in, any time is the right time for Built to Spill. You can play them soft and you better damn well play them loud, but for God's sake just play them.

While the band has released several albums after this triple threat, nothing has compared to what they did before. But you really can't compare. It's just not fair. The albums that came before and the albums that came after are each awesome in their own right, but this trio of albums will always stand apart.
Check it if you like . . .

1. Neil Young
2. Band of Horses
3. Rockin your pants off
4. music that speaks to how you feel
5. Awesomeness

ODDS & ENDS

• builttospill.com
• Click here to play against BTS in a game of old school video game basketball
• See Built to Spill with the Meat Puppets in Oklahoma City on Leap Year Day.