Built to Spill is an American indie rock band that formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1992. Centered around lead vocalist and guitarist Doug Martsch (who was also in Treepeople and Halo Benders), the only permanent member, Built to Spill has released eight full-length albums since its incarnation. Martsch originally envisioned the band to feature a changing set of backing musicians for each album, but eventually settled with a stable lineup for over a decade before returning to his original plan in 2012. Having received consistent critical acclaim throughout their career, three of the band's albums — There's Nothing Wrong with Love, Perfect from Now On and Keep It Like a Secret — placed in the top 50 of Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1990s list. Keep It Like a Secret was the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 in the United States, while their 2009 release There Is No Enemy became Built to Spill's highest-charting album of their career.
Links to Peel[]
Peel gave considerable airplay to Built To Spill between 1994 and 2000 on his radio shows. However, Peel didn't seem to play any tracks from their 2001 album release, 'Ancient Melodies of the Future'.
Shows Played[]
- 20 May 1994: ‘Joyride (7 inch )’ K
- 11 June 1994: Joyride (7") K
- 01 July 1994: ‘Car (7 inch )’ Face The Music
- 02 July 1994: So And So So And So From Wherever Wherever (7" - So And So So And So) Saturnine
- 09 July 1994 (BBC World Service): 'Car (7"-Car/Girl)' (Atlas/Face The Music)
- 09 July 1994 (BFBS): Car (7") Face The Music
- 09 July 1994 (BFBS): So And So So And So From Wherever Wherever (7" - So And So So And So ) Face The Music
- 10 September 1994: Joy Ride (single) K Records
- 1996
- 28 December 1996: 'So And So And From Wherever Wherever (CD-The Normal Years)' (K)
- 1997
- 11 January 1997: Car (album - The Normal Years) K
- January 1997 (FSK): Car (CD - The Normal Years) K
- 09 February 1997: Made Up Dreams (CD - Perfect From Now On) City Slang
- 05 March 1997: Out Of Site (LP - Perfect From Now On) City Slang
- 1999
- 13 January 1999: ‘Center Of The Universe (CD - Keep It Like A Secret)’ City Slang
- 21 January 1999: Bad Light (LP: Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 24 January 1999 (BFBS): 'Sidewalk (CD-Keep It Like A Secret)' (Labels)
- 27 January 1999: Sidewalk (LP: Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 28 January 1999 (Radio Eins): Else (album - Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- January 1999 (FSK): Bad Light (CD - Keep It Like A Secret) Warner Bros.
- 04 February 1999 (Radio Eins): Sidewalk (album - Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 09 February 1999: The Plan (LP: Keep It Like A Secret) Up
- 10 February 1999: The Plan (LP-Keep It Like A Secret)' (City Slang)
- 14 February 1999 (BFBS): 'The Plan (CD-Keep It Like A Secret)' (Warner Bros.)
- 18 February 1999 (Radio Eins): You Were Right (album - Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 10 March 1999: Bad Light (LP: Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 11 March 1999: By The Way (7” split single with Marine Research) K
- 18 March 1999 (Radio Eins): Bad Light (album - Keep It Like A Secret)
- 29 June 1999: Side Walk (LP – Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 08 July 1999 (Radio Eins): Sidewalk (LP – Keep It Like A Secret) City Slang
- 2000
- 09 May 2000: The Plan (LP – Live) City Slang
- 11 May 2000: unknown (CD – Live) City Slang
- 18 May 2000: Car (LP - Live) City Slang
- 18 May 2000 (Radio Eins): Virginia Reel Around The Fountain (LP - Live) City Slang