Built to Spill

Built to Spill
Built to Spill at Treefort Music Fest 2016
Built to Spill at Treefort Music Fest 2016
Background information
OriginBoise, Idaho, U.S.
Genres
Years active1992–present
Labels
MembersDoug Martsch
Melanie Radford
Teresa Esguerra
Past membersRalf Youtz
Andy Capps
Brett Nelson
Scott Plouf
Jim Roth
Steve Gere
Jason Albertini
Brett Netson
Websitewww.builttospill.com

Built to Spill is an American indie rock band that formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1992. Centered on lead vocalist and guitarist Doug Martsch, the only permanent member, Built to Spill has released nine albums since its inception.

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Doug Martsch of Built to Spill Picks His Bandcamp Favorites". Bandcamp Daily. 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s - Page 8". Pitchfork. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 2022-09-07.