contemplating the great unknown on Warner Bros. records (2009)
Doug Martsch and his longtime bandmates are back after three long years with another dense and compelling album of multi-tracked guitar wizardry and resonant subject matter. At no point does the record depart from the familiar space of jammy and pensive indie rock that Built to Spill has trademarked over the past two decades, although the band's continued maturity as a group and careful labor as artists is evident in the many details and flourishes embroidered within each track.
Rumor has it that in making this record the impulse of perfectionism was so intense and painstaking it drove Martsch to question whether this would be the band's final album together. If they can still make songs like "Good Ol' Boredom," "Done," and "Tommorrow," let's hope not.
Doug Martsch and his longtime bandmates are back after three long years with another dense and compelling album of multi-tracked guitar wizardry and resonant subject matter. At no point does the record depart from the familiar space of jammy and pensive indie rock that Built to Spill has trademarked over the past two decades, although the band's continued maturity as a group and careful labor as artists is evident in the many details and flourishes embroidered within each track.
Rumor has it that in making this record the impulse of perfectionism was so intense and painstaking it drove Martsch to question whether this would be the band's final album together. If they can still make songs like "Good Ol' Boredom," "Done," and "Tommorrow," let's hope not.
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