1994 Revisted - Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love

I can't believe it has been 14 years since the release of Built To Spill's There's Nothing Wrong With Love! Since this was my first experience with Doug Martsch's epic indie stylings, it still has it's place in my heart as my favorite all time BTS record. Songs like Reasons, Car, Big Dipper, and In the Morning all showed us glimpses of what the future held for the band and secured their place as indie rock legends. The music was so different and the guitar work so much more imaginative than most of what was going on at the time. The sound helped define the entire indie genre and brought forth a decade's worth of imitators and homages.

Not only were the guitar riffs revolutionary, the lyrical content, while somewhat silly when read off of a sheet of paper, came to life with such sincerity that the emotional impact was almost devastating. For example, in the song Reasons, Martsch utterly nails the feeling of overwhelming passion one has when a love interest makes an appearance with the simple yet astonishingly perceptive phrase, "You arrive and I'm on fire." Let's not forget the incredible refrain in Car, "I wanna see movies of my dreams."

So, 14 years is a long time. Many of the people running college radio or getting into indie rock now were in elementary school in 1994. It's hard to imagine that this much time has passed. One thing is absolutely for certian, There's Nothing Wrong With Love has stood the test of time and is as relevant an album today as it was when it was first released. If you love indie rock, go out and get this album now.

Watch REASONS live:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XleKnJYISrc

Built to Spill Websites:

http://www.builttospill.com/

http://myspace.com/builttospill