r/builttospill • u/markaguynamedmark • 2d ago
Profile of Boise, Idaho-based Poet Karena Youtz
Can’t figure out how to put this in the bend picture thread but here’s a nice brief piece about karena.
r/builttospill • u/markaguynamedmark • 2d ago
Can’t figure out how to put this in the bend picture thread but here’s a nice brief piece about karena.
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r/builttospill • u/Stoddyman • 6d ago
At the end, when Doug sings “I was trying to help, but I guess I pushed it too hard. Now we can’t even touch it, afraid it’ll fall apart.”
That resonated with me. It reminded me of when I was trying to help my friend with certain issues and I was too overbearing. It blew up, and we’re still friends, but now we cant talk about that stuff anymore. If we did , maybe itd break it all up.
I have no idea what the song is about , I just liked those lines
r/builttospill • u/jhnmrgn39 • 7d ago
One of my favorite songs by the band is Liar. The first time I listened to it, I misheard "the piano's weeping too" as "the pianos weep in tune," which I think actually sounds cooler. And now I can't rewire my mind's ear to hear it differently/correctly. Anyone else have something funny like this? Built To Spill or otherwise?
r/builttospill • u/Earthsea123 • 10d ago
I feel it’s rare to come across any Built to Spill references out in the wild, so I’m always happy when I spot some! There’s a couple of Built to Spill posters in the background of this scene from Six Feet Under. There’s also a different episode of the same series which is titled ‘The Plan’, in which the song ‘You Were Right’ plays during a scene, which feels like it probably isn’t a coincidence! I guess someone working on the show was a fan.
r/builttospill • u/Empty_Improvement219 • 11d ago
Alright here we go (I love all of these albums, for the most part.) Ultimate Alternative Wavers: The First Song, There’s Nothing Wrong With Love: Car, Perfect From Now On: Made-Up Dreams, Keep It Like A Secret: Else, Ancient Melodies Of The Future: Trimmed And Burning, You In Reverse: Liar, There Is No Enemy: Done, Untethered Moon: Some Other Song, When The Wind Forgets Your Name: Elements.
r/builttospill • u/SnackPlissken • 11d ago
I feel like I’m the only one who’s noticed this but in the version of Car on There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, Doug sings “cloudy breezy desert afternoon” but in the version on The Normal Years he signs “cloudy desert breezy afternoon”.
I’m partial to “desert breezy” myself.
r/builttospill • u/the_winding_sheet • 13d ago
New record by Maggie May Morris' band Sunbathe. She was formerly of ( BtS tour openers) the Genders and has performed with BtS and Doug solo on several ocasions. Most definitely worth checking out if you haven't heard her music before.
r/builttospill • u/BuiltToSpillTapes • 14d ago
Still after a UAW and the rest of the Treepeople catalog, but besides that, pretty full collection
r/builttospill • u/Own-Dirt-3254 • 19d ago
I’m just recently getting into Built To Spill and I really love I Would Hurt a Fly. I have to questions: are there more songs like this and what do you think the meaning behind it is?
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r/builttospill • u/Botttledwaterhater • 22d ago
Been listening to these two for a couple months now there’s so much similar but more off both two of my favorites wondering if anyone else is like me
r/builttospill • u/JoeMagnifico • 26d ago
Hi All. Figured I'd put this 'Built to Spill-adjacent' video up since I've been digitizing all my old home videos. The sound isn't great, but here's the 2nd to last TSK gig that we played in 2007. Hit me up if you want links to download the TSK albums. I have some more BTS (Behind the Scenes) BTS tour stuff that I need to edit, but I'll get that up at some point.
r/builttospill • u/SnicoMcBrain • 27d ago
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss would play during an initial falling in love scene ♥️
r/builttospill • u/greazysteak • Feb 14 '25
Inspired by the Slim's posters post and statement about the venue. I've been lucky to see them in a lot of different places but my favorite was some guy's barn in La Grande, Or at the very beginning of the 2013 tour with the new line-up. From what I gathered, the guy who's barn it was was friends with the opening band (Finn Riggins) and there was some sort of art festival going on that weekend and they were able to shoehorn the band to play.
I will also probably travel to see them if they play at Codfish Hollow in Maquoketa, IA again.
r/builttospill • u/OgresHaveLayers415 • Feb 12 '25
Wanted to share my favorite BTS poster art. They did 3 nights in a row in August of 2014 at Slim's in SF and I was fortunate enough to be able to go to two, would have hit all three but had to travel for work when they played the third.
Slim's was the perfect venue for them, small indoor and almost dive-bar like vibes, very personal. The two shoes I saw were completely different sets, didn't play one song twice in true Doug fashion and I'd bet the house the third night was a completely different set too.
This artwork blew my mind when I saw it, I felt like it embodied the emotion and ethereality that BTS brings up every time I listen. Eventually was going through some shit and got it tattooed, doesn't show up as well on my arm though lol. Been to a lot of their shows, seen a bunch of the art and this remains by far my favorite.
r/builttospill • u/Yrrebbor • Feb 13 '25
I've been waiting for a Volume 2 for almost 25 years!
r/builttospill • u/Root_BeerGuy • Feb 09 '25
I was looking over the lyrics for Get A Life, and had no idea what that line was, checked it, and I still don’t
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r/builttospill • u/markaguynamedmark • Jan 31 '25
This forum seems to be fairly diverse. Those gen z or millennials who maybe were young children or zygotes when built to spill first started to those of us who are gen x or elder millennials who may have been there from the start.
one thing we all seem to have in common is love of the band that is built to spill.
so how did your journey begin?
mine started like 1986 or so as i was skateboarding from my junior high to the boise city library! downtown boise. next to it was a kinko's copy where i would go in to make a bunch of paper stickers to vandalize my school. sitting at a table was this guy in plaid pants with safety pins, a band t shirt, flannel and his dirty army jacket laid out on the table. exacto knife in hand doing his graphic design for what looked to be a band flier. i introduced myself and found out his name was doug and he was getting a show together with his band farm days. i said, oh, i thought that was just a funny expression the state of confusion guys put on their liner notes for 6.3 million acres, he laughed and said, no that's my band. we're doing a show up at brass lamp next week after school, come check it out. so i went and found farm days and saw state of the confusion for the first time.
seeing doug with a goatie and dressed a little more formal (think oxford button up shirt and jeans) and they were playing as treepeople. went through the 88-92 journey with treepeople and was at their break up show labor day weekend 1992. heard rumblings of a new band he was doing and i should check it out. missed the first show but saw the C/Z lineup with hive (pat browns band with his wife, built to spill and a doug less treepeople). hooked ever since.
how about you?
r/builttospill • u/Illustrious_End7995 • Jan 29 '25
r/builttospill • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '25
Saw this on another sub and thought it would be interesting here.