Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy

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from Pitchfork:

When Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch talked to Pitchfork a couple of months back about the band's forthcoming LP There Is No Enemy, he said, "There might be some things that were influenced by soul music, but it all just sounds like Built to Spill guitar music. We play the music that we can naturally play."

At last month's Pitchfork Music Festival, the band cranked out transcendent guitar solo after transcendent guitar solo without ever changing their facial expressions. Built to Spill guitar music sure comes easy to these guys.

On October 6, There Is No Enemy, album number seven for this band, will see release on Warner Bros. That alarming, murky image above is the album cover, and we've got the tracklist below.

The band has a ton of North American shows coming up over the next few months. Their axe-blazing onstage presence is a sight to behold.

There Is No Enemy:

01 Aisle 13
02 Hindsight
03 Nowhere Lullaby
04 Good Ol' Boredom
05 Life's a Dream
06 Oh Yeah
07 Pat
08 Done
09 Planting Seeds
10 Things Fall Apart
11 Tomorrow

Posted by Tom Breihan on August 18, 2009

Oooh, I'm very much looking forward to this. Hopefully they come to Europe.

Great cover. Will check it out to see if they've returned to Perfect/Secret form.

Perfect and Secret aren't the same form though!

exciting, good cover

xp, yeah, and Perfect was perfect. But Secret was still good.

nice drawing, not crazy about the text

weird, i haven't heard any Built To Spill records in their entirety since Keep It Like A Secret! Not sure what happened there -- I still like them, and have seen them play a couple times this decade, but their records started seeming inessential, I guess? maybe i just decided they would never top There's Nothing Wrong With Love and Perfect From Now On ...

^^^ this. (Reinforced by two listens to Ancient Melodies which left me thoroughly uninspired).

cosign to both, i have no idea what they sound like after Keep It Like A Secret, but everything prior i fucking love

You In Reverse isn't bad. Far better from the dreadful Ancient Melodies. It's got 2 alltime BTS songs, Going Against Your Mind (8+ minutes) and Conventional Wisdom (6+) that would fit right in on Perfect From Now On.

yeah, I don't even mean it as a put-down or anything -- I love Built To Spill and have had great times at the shows I've been to in the last couple years. But I haven't been terribly inspired to seek out the new stuff. Anyone want to rep for the last one? Or the Doug Martsch solo record? ah xpost

Ancient Melodies is not dreadful.

You In Reverse is pretty good too.

Agree with both of the above, disagree with the cover--it's a slight improvement over the last one, but just barely.

"fly around you pretty little miss" off ancient melodies was a nice little old school BTS "nothing wrong with love" era song

I like the solo record just because it feels enough different + a couple REALLY great songs (Offer / Gone). Anyway, more lively and engaged than the last two or three Built to Spill things.

p.s. that new cover is horrible! Surprised to read the positive comments

I really like that cover!

it seems to be a controversial cover!

Sounds like poll time to me.

Wait they're still on Warner Bros? How the fuck?!?

Haven't they been on Warner Bros for the past two albums?

Oh sorry, misread the previous post.

Going Against Your Mind (8+ minutes) and Conventional Wisdom (6+) that would fit right in on Perfect From Now On.

The shorter a BTS song is, the less probability there is that I will want to stab myself. They're a band who never need even think of writing something over 4 minutes long.

Even though Perfect is their best album and every song on that is over four mins and the best one is over eight?

I mean at the risk of taking you too literally... only 19 of the 63 BtS tracks I have are under 4 mins.

To wit, I haven't really been a fan of much since There's Nothing Wrong With Love save a few select tracks here and there.

this cover would make good artwork for an old school magic card

new song:
http://pitchfork.com/news/36424-premiere-built-to-spill-hindsight/

slickier than ever but very nice.

As a single, I like it. The slide, slightly country feel surprised me after the soul talk. Seems softer than I expected. "What about Canada / Why is it paradise?"

To wit, I haven't really been a fan of much since There's Nothing Wrong With Love save a few select tracks here and there.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:50 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

^^^ retarded

new song,with trumpets (?!) -

http://hypem.com/track/912989/built+to+spill+-+things+fall+apart

this album is going to be good.

never heard this band but apparently i'm seeing them tomorrow.

are you serious?

jordan, bring a book, this is the most boring live band i've ever seen, even when i was a fan of their recordings

i have to say thats otm

To wit, I haven't really been a fan of much since There's Nothing Wrong With Love save a few select tracks here and there.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:50 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

^^^ retarded

― crabRCISE (gbx), Thursday, September 10, 2009 6:20 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

Oh zing! You got me!

i don't remember an example of such a highly anticipated record ,that didnt leak (yet?!) a week before it's official release.

who is mike jones?

this has finally leaked, the weekend before it comes out.

there is a metric fuckload of guitar overdubs on this record. Not necessarily a good thing.

jordan, bring a book, this is the most boring live band i've ever seen, even when i was a fan of their recordings

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:52 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i have to say thats otm

― Zeno, Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:52 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

there is another solution to this...something you smoke

man this is gonna be pretty meeeellooww huh? like i don't expect BtS to rock my head off but man this sounds kinda sleepy

you are otm re: BTS listening accessories, esp w/r/t 'cortez the killer'

that has more to do with cortez than with BTS

yeah i guess

After one listen, it seems horribly sequeneced. All the good songs--and there are a bunch--are stuck towards the end.

i think it will be a grower

and what about canada dudes

morning comes in freight ships while you're sleeping

it's a good record.

so it's slower and more "ballad" oreinted,and nothing interesting in terms of production, but so what?
maybe it's because they've "matured".
one shouldnt expect another Perfect From Now On from those guys i think,only just to keep up with what theyre doing -
Doug Martsch is still a great songwriter, and there are a bunch of those. (not only towards the end)

That would be a huge change from his usual MO if he's now BACKloading the best songs.

The song Pat is quite enjoyable.

Get rid of "Good Ol' Boredom" and shuffle around the tracks a bit = way more enjoyable. Still, their best in a little while.

Album sounds good so far

really good lyrics sprinkled throughout

what happens here stays here
'cause no one anywhere else gives a damn

The only one I've ever owned is the Caustic Resin collaboration and I love it.

The band I was in back in '96 was on a comp with them--an unused track from Perfect From Now On sessions.

Never seen them live. They always sell out the Crystal Ballroom two nights in a row here, and the crowd looks really sketchy (indie/hippies).

is this doug martsch singing or shaggy from scooby doo?!

guitars are rockin' though.

i think it beats out Dino Jr. and YLT for the best "mature" record from indie giants, but i wish they had gone and done something kinda crazy like the new Flaming Lips

also "what about Canada" is one of my favorite lyrics of the year

"Get rid of "Good Ol' Boredom"

whats wrong with this song?

there are others to get rid of,if any.

songs to get rid of imo are O Yeah,Life's a dream and maybe Nowhere Lullaby.
but i need a few more listens to be sure.

"i think it beats out Dino Jr. and YLT for the best "mature" record from indie giants"
and wilco and sonic youth for that matter

this album is really, really good. i didn't think Built to Spill had this in them.

i am curious about this album!

Pat is truly epic, one of the best songs they've ever done.

Plantin Seeds is truly epic, one of the best songs they've ever done

really weird that 'done' isn't this album's closer. its great, tho.

What about Canada?

This album is good btw

Isn't the cover art designer the same guy did that a bunch of Treepeople cover art. It looks very familiar.

this holds up with the great trilogy of Nothing Wrong/Perfect/Secret. such a beautiful album.