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July 20, 2005
Who Needs $$$ When We Got Feathers?
Built to Spill - Some Things Last A Long Time
This wind-up toy rolls gently down a grassy hill until it explodes, unexpectedly, and disperses 40 lbs. of brightly-painted shrapnel into the surrounding area. Doug Martsch and the guitar whine in sympathy to each other, petulance being its own reward in this case. What the guitar takes as its model is an indolent bee, as it buzzes through this track, tugging at the frame of each measure.
This song is hard to write about, for various (probably boring) reasons. I will say though that Built to Spill have made some songs that are seemingly woven from the qualia of warm-winded disappointment.
'Some Things Last A Long Time' is from "The Normal Years", which you can buy right here.
Posted by Kevin at July 20, 2005 09:29 AM
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