Album: There's Nothing Wrong With Love by Built to Spill (1994)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Sub Pop Records
Format: Album

Description: Doug Martsch sure can write a love song, and on <i>There’s Nothing Wrong With Love</i>, indie rockers Built to Spill dig deep into the genre, including the wistful delicacy of “Twin Falls” and the overtly sexual orchestral folk of “Fling”. The shadowy, aching melancholy of “Car” is easily one of Martsch’s finest moments, breaking away from a dirgey middle to a rousing finale. And on “Stab”, he howls into the void about suicide, taking the song’s last crescendo to thrashy, anxious extremes.

Artist Background: Three and a half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording THERE IS NO ENEMY led Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch to wonder whether this would be the last album he ever makes. As his wife, I watched him work, pouring hour after hour , day after day into writing. Song lyrics were labored over then thrown in the trash, guitar parts revised again (and again). A musician and artist like Doug edits far more than he keeps. For over twenty years, Doug Martsch has been writing and ... Part of the Boise, Idaho, Uinited States music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Modest Mouse, Pavement, Archers of Loaf

Music Scene: Part of the Boise, Idaho, Uinited States music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album, Sub Pop Records

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 2 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Doug Martsch sure can write a love song, and on <i>There’s Nothing Wrong With Love</i>, indie rockers Built to Spill dig deep into the genre, including the wistful delicacy of “Twin Falls” and the overtly sexual orchestral folk of “Fling”. The shadowy, aching melancholy of “Car” is easily one of Martsch’s finest moments, breaking away from a dirgey middle to a rousing finale. And on “Stab”, he howls into the void about suicide, taking the song’s last crescendo to thrashy, anxious extremes.

There's Nothing Wrong With Love

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