![]() ![]() “It was only a dream / But it still felt good / To spend a little time / Thinking something mattered / And I want to tell you something / I got nothing to say,” Martsch contemplates on “Fool’s Gold,” which engages with the concept of positive nihilism. “Fool’s Gold” and “Understood” are closer to emulating the magic discovered on Perfect From Now On. Slower and soaked in reverb: these tracks may not be as sprawling nor feature stacks upon stacks of overdubs, but their drifting introspections pair well with the 1997 masterpiece. It’s a classic heavy metal track in the vein of Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath, processed through a film of harsh yet subtle psychedelia. ![]() But its form is too aggressive for the label to be truly applicable: Martsch may not be a loud singer, but his shouted whines certainly aren’t shy on “Gonna Lose.” Though the tone itself is oddly dreamy, Martsch’s playing, along with that of his new rhythm section, is forceful. It’s almost shoegaze: Martsch’s vocals are relatively quiet in the mix, peering through the tiny cracks in the wall of noise constructed by the main riff. The guitar fuzz on the opener and lead single “Gonna Lose” is packed tightly and hovers at a frequency that induces a relaxing hallucinogenic dissociation, similar to the effect of several hits of Dramamine. This is the trippiest offering from the band since Perfect From Now On. ![]() Martsch is still the ringleader, but the involvement of the Brazilian psych jazz duo slightly shifts the perspective. Untethered Moon and the following Daniel Johnston covers album saw drummer Steve Gere and bassist Jason Albertini replace Scott Plouf and Brett Nelson respectively, yet When the Wind Forgets Your Name already sees Oruã’s Le Almeida and João Casaes tag in to inform a new outlook. Martsch’s ability to keep things fresh could be due to Built to Spill’s semi-regular lineup switches. This trend holds on When the Wind Forgets Your Name , the band’s tenth studio album and first set of original material since 2015’s Untethered Moon. Still, they’ve never released a bad album, and despite Martsch’s tendency to center the Built to Spill sound around his virtuosic guitar melodies and philosophical lyrics, the band has yet to grapple with the issue of staleness. Sure, not all Built to Spill records are created equal: the ’94 to ’99 run of There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, Perfect From Now On, and Keep It Like a Secret remains near untouchable not only within the band’s canon but that of the broader rock music sphere. The wave has also been given a 20 per cent chance to develop into a tropical cyclone this week.By Travis Shosa ( in 1992, Doug Martsch’s Built to Spill has been a stalwart pillar of indie rock greatness for three decades: no mean feat. “Environmental conditions appear only marginally favourable, and any development of this wave should be slow to occur while it moves westward or west-north-westward across the eastern tropical Atlantic through the end of the week,” NHC stated. The second tropical wave, which is located just off the west coast of Africa, is also an area of disorganised showers and thunderstorms. “Some slow development of this system is possible over the next several days while it moves generally westward to west-north-westward over the central tropical Atlantic and approaches the Windward Islands by the end of the week,” NHC said.įorecasters have given the wave a 20 per cent chance to develop into a tropical cyclone over the next five days. NHC said the wave is producing a large area of disorganised showers and thunderstorms. The wave that is expected to reach the Caribbean first is located in the Central Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Windward Islands. Two tropical waves located in the Atlantic Ocean have grabbed the attention of the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC). ![]()
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