Stop Making That Sound!!!

This is probably the most excitable post I've ever written on this blog. Why? Because I just found out Built to Spill are playing here, in Dublin, in November. My shit-eating grin is currently so wide open at this news that I look like 80s video game pixel gobbler, Pac-Man. I started Asleep on the Compost Heap last September, and I think I've digitally expressed my ragged tiny-tim style yearning for Built to Spill to play a live gig in Ireland on at least 3 separate occasions. Well somehow a Dublin promoter got 'em, and its going to be magical. 'Perfect from now' on is one of the most formidable guitar albums ever recorded. I think a lot of shite gets spouted about Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Dinosuar Jr etc, but in my opinion 'perfect from now on' is the definitive psychedelic left-field yank album of the 90s. If I've heard it once I've heard it a million times, and yet despite repetition, the transition from slowcore introspection to visionary finger picked psychedelic madness in 'stop the show' is one of the most tingling moments in any song I've heard. Also, unlike other rarefied alterno-gods (in my head anyway) like Pavement and Guided by Voices, Built to Spill still give it socks!!!! Just listen to 'goin' against your mind' off their most recent album 'you in reverse'; it's an affirming reminder that Doug Marsch can still knock out a blinding tune if not a full album. I won't go on any more 'cos its sad. My girlfriend Loreana loves them as much as me, bet she's blabbing on her blog. Anyway, two fine musical reasons to see Built to Spill are...

1: MP3: Built to Spill:-kicked it in the sun
2:MP3 Built to Spill:-distopian dream girl

When I'm feeling a wee bit down in the dumps, I actually listen to kicked it in the sun to make me smile. Its the sonic equivalent of prozac. As for t'udder stuff, its all so, so good. Built to Spill RAWK!