Album: There Is No Enemy by Built to Spill (2009)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Sub Pop Records
Format: Album

Description: In fine Built to Spill form, <i>There Is No Enemy</i> explodes off the bat with loose, hooky and loud guitar, with “Aisle 13” unhinging Doug Martsch from the get-go. “Hindsight” shows off their well-honed hazy side with a near-folky rock ‘n’ roll vibe that switches deftly from sweet and bouncy to heavy melancholy. “Pat” picks up some punk-rock ferociousness in the middle, while the dark restlessness of “Things Fall Apart” builds to a wild, psychedelic instrumental that’s fantastically heavy on trumpet.

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, 2000s, Album, Sub Pop Records

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


In fine Built to Spill form, <i>There Is No Enemy</i> explodes off the bat with loose, hooky and loud guitar, with “Aisle 13” unhinging Doug Martsch from the get-go. “Hindsight” shows off their well-honed hazy side with a near-folky rock ‘n’ roll vibe that switches deftly from sweet and bouncy to heavy melancholy. “Pat” picks up some punk-rock ferociousness in the middle, while the dark restlessness of “Things Fall Apart” builds to a wild, psychedelic instrumental that’s fantastically heavy on trumpet.

There Is No Enemy

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