... with happiness, that is! You in Reverse was all well and good, but that album is so 2006, and now you're telling my ass to wait until 2009!? WHERE IS THE HUSTLE, MARTSCHY!? You think you're so cool because you're using ProTools instead of analog recording now to make your recording sessions "more collaborative than ever"? That's code for LAZY, brother! Stop plotting to run all over the globe and play that Perfect From Now On garbage to any audience that'll listen... those shows won't be sold out; they're gonna be full of hostages! I don't know what kind of racket you think you're running here, but I can see riiight through you, Doug Martsch, SIR.
Excuse me, someone appears to have thrown a bucket of water over my head. Mr. Martsch tells Billboard that about 15 songs will make the cut for the new album, which has no title as of yet, and a few of the tracks have already made their live debuts ("Nowhere Lullabye," "Done," and "Good Old Boredom"). A few songs dropped from You in Reverse will find a new home on this album as well, and Martsch lets us in on some dirt about a shiny new one called "Planting Seeds": "[It's] a real conventional kind of pop/rock song. It reminds me of a Tom Petty song or something, but it probably doesn't sound anything like that." Isn't he a dear?
Please ignore my previous allegations and feel confident in your choice as to whether or not you should catch Built To Spill on their Perfect From Now On tour -- which will see John McMahon bringing his cello to make sure those Perfect From Now On dates are just perfect -- but you have to tell them Mr P sent you.
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