Built To Spill's "You in Reverse" was worth the wait

"tainted"?

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"tainted"?

I was being sarcastic in my use of "tainted" -- I dig all those elements.

it's a "grower" whereas "perfect from now on" is a "shower", not that i've seen doug's penis.

The album is like Ancient Melodies in terms of songwriting, except the actual sound of the songs is much worse. Waay too raw, and the bass sound/playing bugs me for some reason.

Got the new one yesterday, have yet to hear it all the way through. But Going Against Your Mind alone makes it better than Ancient Melodies.

Indie types don't like prog or psych? Stephen Malkmus? Elephant six? Indie music in general?

this is mainly compared to my memories of perfect from now on, which i haven't listened too in years. maybe i'll go back and listen to that and it won't do it for me either.

something about the weaker songs on this album makes me think of doug yule.

same with the flaming lips, i mean BFD.

Why don't you post something about it on your stupid mongoloid blog?

or if the lips stopped tryig to be so "weird" and "psychedelic" and did, I don't know, an acoustic record? give me a career to follow not a sound to glom to for decades, to recoup some indie lifestyle i wish i maintained? music for grups all of it.

seriously, are we going to using the word "grup" in earnest?

also, Lips have evolved pretty drastically over their career...this "rut" is really only three albums....it sounds nothing like the old shit.

So far, this is a pretty great record. I don't like the sub Treepeople album cover, though.

for some reason that artwork seems to scream for a homestead records logo on it.

That said, I kind of agree with Simon H. above in that this album sounds like they were going for Perfect From Now On with the long songs, extended solos in the middle of songs, etc, but that the actual songs just aren't there. Yesterday on the way to the subway I listened to Velvet Waltz from Perfect From Now On, and it was the first song in months that actually gave me goosebumps (and you better, not, be angry! and you better, not be sad!...). Nothing on You In Reverse even approaches that.

Still, a middle album from Built to Spill is miles ahead of most other bands, I think.

"first times I listened to it" = "first few times I listened to it",
""a obviously" = "an obviously",
"a middle album" = "a middling album"

I really find their albums to be growers. I found myself loving 'Perfect From Now On' and 'Ancient Melodies from the Future
years after buying them. In the long run, I have never regretted buying a Built to Spill record. 'There is Nothing Wrong with Love' is great record for what it is. Warm and Fluffy.

All that being said, I am a little disappointed by the new one so far. None of the tracks are really grabbing me. I like 'Liar' and 'Saturday,' but the album seems kind of lukewarm. I really miss the intricate dubbing, and swelling multiple guitar parts. Some of it just seems plain bland ie. 'The Wait.'

I would have to say this album is not worth the wait. There were many times I would killed for another album like 'Keep it Like a Secret'; after a while I would have taken some songs as good as the ones on 'Ancient Melodies of the Future,' which is highly under-rated. I would recommend Built to Spill go back and give that one some more time before giving up.

Who knows? Maybe I will have changed my mind in a couple of years...