Album: Untethered Moon by Built to Spill (2015)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Warner Bros. Records
Format: Album

Description: "Untethered Moon"  is the eighth studio album by American rock band Built to Spill. The album was released on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 18, 2015 and on CD and digital format on April 21, 2015. It is the band’s first album in nearly 6 years, since 2009’s There Is No Enemy, making it the band’s longest break between studio albums. 
It is the first album to feature Steve Gere (drums) and Jason Albertini (bass), replacing Scott Plouf and Brett Nelson respectively.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Untethered Moon has received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews"

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, 2010s, Album, Warner Bros. Records

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"Untethered Moon"  is the eighth studio album by American rock band Built to Spill. The album was released on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 18, 2015 and on CD and digital format on April 21, 2015. It is the band’s first album in nearly 6 years, since 2009’s There Is No Enemy, making it the band’s longest break between studio albums. 
It is the first album to feature Steve Gere (drums) and Jason Albertini (bass), replacing Scott Plouf and Brett Nelson respectively.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Untethered Moon has received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews"

Untethered Moon

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