Album Rating: 3.0

i don't enjoy this one much, aside from carry the zero and a few others it's a weird reason.... i

just don't feel/jam it as hard as the albums before this feel like built to spill was a bit too

comfortable with their own sound here, most of the stuff here is single material (and that's not

necessarily a bad thing, i just don't get much out of tracks leaning in that indie pop direction). i

don't feel the songs' purpose like i do for their earlier discog other than writing to write great

songs cause they can (there's nothing wrong with that, i just prefer bands' earlier discog most of

the time - when they're doing it as a manifestation of their thoughts for themselves)



perfect from now on is like hardship. martsch was going through a ton on that album, everything

about it shows that... especially the lyrics. "it takes a lot to make me crazy, and a lot is always

going on" it feels like a direct transport to his racing mind, an adventure through it. it's hard to

find a track under 6 minutes there, everything feels so relatable, thorough and complete - you're

not gonna get moments like the end of made-up dreams in keep it like a secret, or the jam session in

velvet waltz. when i was super into built to spill, whenever i would finish that album i was like

WHOAAA gotta re-visit... gotta understand completely - you know? it felt so massive and heavy.

martsch was preaching for like nearly an hour, there was so much effort and time put behind what was

presented - i didn't get that vibe so much with keep it like a secret, i was just like okay that was

cool great music. i don't connect to it nearly as much emotionally. it didn't beg me to come back,

no hook

Album Rating: 3.0

then there's nothing wrong with love just has so many awesome ideas within it. it's full of energy

and charged. it's real young and innovative. i love starting it, how quick the first tracks pass by,

especially how they trail into the following ones "when i get this feeling like i'm gonna start, i

just have to STOP" ---- "comeee throughh meeeeeee" each song (except for the last few) have a cool

concept that they reach properly. i feel like it's actually a concept album and it should have ended

at some but that's a different convo



all of that stuff was so exciting to hear when i first got into that band - real addictive and

smart. cleo, twin falls, and some are probably among the best songs in their discog. everything

feels so positive and hopeful but still rooted - like the 20-22 year old dude living/paying rent

with his friends down the street could have wrote it, it feels so honest - like it didn't go out of

it's way to do anything it wasn't capable of, but it still did everything it could. they captured

that youthful "falling in love" emotion practically perfectly on that one - and i love the title

even more for that. like, jam out to that break mid-way in cleo - where are you gonna find THAT

here? or the noodling/love-sick guitar strums behind the first person elementary narrative on twin-

falls?

Album Rating: 4.5

that is a damn impressive answer, but i just think this is by far the strongest BtS album melodically

Album Rating: 4.5

perfect from now on is tops

Album Rating: 4.5

both are amazing

Album Rating: 4.5

perfect from now on has less memorable songs but is more ambitious, i'd say it's pretty much a tie

Album Rating: 4.0

Brilliant posts, ethos. Agreed that this was a bit of a comedown from the masterful soundscapes of Perfect From Now On. To me, it's kind of like a synthesis between the sound of the two previous record, merging the Pavement-esque indie pop/rock sound of There's Nothing Wrong With Love with the spacious layers of Perfect From Now on.

Album Rating: 4.5

'merging the Pavement-esque indie pop/rock sound of There's Nothing Wrong With Love with the spacious layers of Perfect From Now on'



bang on

Album Rating: 4.0

For me though, neither can measure up to Perfect. The way the songs ebb, flow an build in just the right places is an incredible achievement. The tension and release in Velvet Waltz, the "on and on and on..." climax in Out of Site, the "we're special in other ways..." coda in Kicked It In The Sun - they really created something special there. Deserve way more more recognition on this site.

Album Rating: 4.5

they're not teenage-angsty enough for this site

Album Rating: 4.0

It's a fucking crime is what it is, Perfect is one of the best albums of the 90's

Album Rating: 4.5

agreed

Album Rating: 4.5

BtS are one of the best bands of the 90s

Album Rating: 4.5

agreed so hard

love this band but for me this is maybe only their 5th best

already got tickets to their next show

Album Rating: 4.5

ethos oh my god i love u that was a rly good articulation of what makes pfno great

Album Rating: 4.5

i wrote this about it on my dumblr.com a while back



It’s a perfect, beautiful musical articulation of the way I understand life when I’m thinking about it seriously (every night/most days). I really struggle with reconciling my existentialism with my belief that life is meaningful and important, and PFNO is an album about that cognitive dissonance. A lot of the music is a nervous, murky build, but then it comes together and you get these huge, brief moments that make your chest swell and you just get it and you don’t have to think. And that’s pretty much my life.

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah cool album

Album Rating: 4.0

Broken Chairs is the perfect closer.

Album Rating: 3.5

bester than untrustable?