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Built To Spill: General Info

Member Since	1/5/2006
Band Website	builttospill.com
Band Members	Doug Martsch, Scott Plouf, Jim Roth, Brett Nelson, Brett Netson
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Record Label	Warner Bros. Records
Type of Label	Major

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May 7 2010

8:00P

ATP Festival

Minehead

May 8 2010

6:30P

O2 Academy Oxford

Oxford

May 9 2010

8:00P

O2 Academy Liverpool

Liverpool

May 10 2010

8:00P

The Black Box

Galway, Galway

May 11 2010

8:00P

Vicar Street

Dublin, Dublin

May 13 2010

8:00P

O2 Academy Glasgow

Glasgow, Scotland

May 14 2010

8:00P

O2 Academy Newcastle

Newcastle

May 15 2010

8:00P

O2 Academy Leeds

Leeds

May 16 2010

8:00P

O2 Academy Birmingham

Birmingham

May 17 2010

8:00P

The Junction

Cambridge

May 18 2010

8:00P

O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

London, London and South East

May 20 2010

8:00P

Dynamo

Zurich

May 21 2010

8:00P

Astra

Berlin

May 22 2010

8:00P

Alte Feuerwache

Mannheim

May 23 2010

8:00P

La Machine

Paris

May 24 2010

8:00P

Brussels

May 26 2010

8:00P

Tyrol

Stockholm

May 27 2010

8:00P

Siesta Festival

Hasslehom

May 29 2010

8:00P

Primavera Sound

Barcelona

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About Built To Spill

Built to Spill- There Is No Enemy

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. As his wife, I watched him work, pouring hour after hour , day after day into writing. Song lyrics were labored over then thrown in the trash, guitar parts revised again (and again). A musician and artist like Doug edits far more than he keeps.

For over twenty years, Doug Martsch has been writing and recording music. Built to Spill members Brett Nelson (bass), Scott Plouf (drums) Jim Roth (guitar), and Brett Netson (guitar) have all been musicians for two decades. That adds up to more than a century. Doug’s strong aesthetic combines with the band members’ mix of approaches to create an aural topography. Doug sets course and navigates. Each member of Built to Spill comes to the music with a different set of expectations and ideals.

With the complexity and variety of music they have created, Built to Spill endeavors to make songs interesting to themselves and their audience. They hope that the band will remain special and that people will discover the music for themselves. Year after year, new fans show up. Just like the band members, listeners come to the music with expectations and ideals. They make up their own ideas about the songs.

I once overheard Doug on the phone being interviewed. He sounded almost stand-offish in not “telling” an interviewer the meaning of a song or describing its origin. Doug and I have speculated about this sometimes: meaning (whether intended or not) is not inherent in lyrics or in any art. Listening, looking closely, and responding with one’s feelings, thoughts, and senses transforms. Doug simply does wish to disrupt any meaning someone else has found.

I can barely repress the urge to tell you what THERE IS NO ENEMY means to me. When making the new record, Doug literally lived in the studio. To be able to work all day and all night. To spend hours and hours laying down guitar tracks he realized he couldn’t use since the first live takes had the best tone and feel. To undigitally remix the record. With so much work behind the band, the record is here. Now comes the album’s journey into the world. This venture Built to Spill does not map out. The record is yours to respond to.

When I listen to songs Doug writes and the whole band plays, I think, “How can people make music this good?” Even though I witness and minorly assist, I still do not understand how theirs or any beloved music comes into the world. To me, the process and result are magic.

BUILT TO SPILL: Doug Martsch • guitars, vocals / Brett Nelson • guitars / Jim Roth • guitars / Brett Nelson • bass / Scott Plouf • drums

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