On September 9th, 2022 Sub Pop will release Built to Spill’s When the Wind Forgets Your Name, the group’s excellent new album and first for the label. The nine-track effort, which features the highlights “Understood,” “Fool’s Gold,” “Spiderweb,” “Rocksteady,” and “Gonna Lose,” was produced by Doug Martsch, mixed by Martsch, Lê Almeida, João Casaes, and Josh Lewis, and mastered by Mell Dettmer. When the Wind Forgets Your Name is the first new Built to Spill album since the release of 2015’s Untethered Moon.
 
Watch the very psychedelic and humorous official video for the album’s lead single “Gonna Lose,” directed by Jordan Minkoff and featuring animations from Minkoff and Lee McClure.
 
When the Wind Forgets Your Name is now available for preorder on CD/LP/CS/DSPs through Sub Pop. LPs purchased through megamart.subpop.com, and select independent retailers in North America will receive the limited Loser Edition on Rainforest Green vinyl (while supplies last). Meanwhile, LP preorders in the U.K and Europe through select independent retailers will receive the album on Misty Kiwi Fruit Green vinyl (while supplies last).
 
When the Wind Forgets Your Name’s cover art was designed by comic artist Alex Graham (Dog Biscuits; Fantagraphics Books), who also illustrated the fifty-panel comic strip for the album’s gatefold (available with the CD, LP, and cassette editions of the album).

Built to Spill have also scheduled over 70 headlining, festival and support shows for the spring, late summer and fall of 2022, which kick-off with a four-night stand Wednesday, April 13th- Friday, April 16th at Chicago’s House of Blues (supporting Jawbreaker), and currently run through Saturday, September 24 in Salt Lake City, UT at Metro Music Hall. The tour will feature songs from When the Wind Forgets Your Name along with fan favorites from the band’s catalog.
 
Support for these shows (select dates) will come from Oruã (the Brazilian band featuring When the Wind… collaborators Almeida and Casaes), along with Prism Bitch, Itchy Kitty, Wetface, Blood Lemon, The French Tips, Sunbathe, Distant Family, and Braided Waves. The live band for these Built to Spill tour dates will consist of Martsch, bassist Melanie Radford, and drummer Teresa Esguerra. For updated information on tickets, please visit builttospill.com.
 
Wed. Apr 13 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues **
Thu. Apr. 14 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues **
Fri. Apr. 15 - Chicago, IL  - House of Blues **
Sat. Apr. 16 - Chicago, IL  - House of Blues **
Tue. Apr. 20 -  Reno, NV - The Holland Project ^ !
Wed. Apr. 21 - Las Vegas, NV - Rockstar Bar ^ !
Fri. Apr. 22 -  Phoenix, AZ  - Crescent Ballroom ^ !
Sat. Apr. 23 - Tucson, AZ - 191 Toole ^ !
Sun. Apr. 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theater ^ !
Mon. Apr. 25 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad ^ !
Wed. Apr. 27 -  Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre ^ !
Thu. Apr. 28 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater ^ !
Fri. Apr. 29 - Austin, TX - Mohawk ^ !
Sat. Apr. 30 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger ^ !
Sun. May 01 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall ^ !
Mon. May 02 - New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans ^ !
Wed. May 04 - Nashville, TN - Basement East ^ !
Thu. May 05 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse ^ !
Fri. May 06 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern ^ !
Sat. May 07 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre ^ !
Sun. May 08 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle ^ !
Tue. May 10 - Richmond, VA - The Broadberry ^ !
Wed. May 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer # %
Thu. May 12 - Washington, DC - 930 Club  # %
Fri. May 13 - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall  # %
Sat. May 14 -  Boston, MA - Paradise # %
Sun. May 15 - Pawtucket, RI -The Met # %
Tue. May 17 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl # %
Wed. May 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl # %
Thu. May 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls # %
Fri. May 20 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi # %
Sat. May 21- Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall + $
Sun. May 22 - Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Eccentric Cafe & Brewery + $
Tue. May 24 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall + $
Wed. May 25 - Maquoketa, IA - Codfish Hollow Barnstormers + $
Thu. May 26 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room + $
Fri. May 27 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theater + $
Sat. May 28 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater + $
Sun. May 29 - Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theater + $
Fri. Jun. 03 - Hood River, OR - The Ruins 
Thu. Jun. 23 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival
Sat. Jul. 23 - Carnation, WA - Timber! Festival
Sat. Jul. 30 - Stanley, ID - Sawtooth Family Gathering
Sat. Aug. 06 - Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
Sun. Aug. 07 - Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
Thu. Aug. 11 - Spokane, WA - Lucky You Lounge ^ @
Fri. Aug. 12 - Bozeman, MT - The ELM ^ @
Sat. Aug. 13 - Billings, MT - The Pub Station ^ @
Mon. Aug. 15 - Fargo, ND - The Hall @ FBC ^ @
Tue. Aug. 16 - Minneapolis, MN -  First Avenue ^ @
Wed. Aug. 17 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theater ^ @
Thu. Aug. 18 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall ^ @
Fri. Aug. 19 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall ^ @
Sat. Aug. 20 - Louisville, KY - Headliner’s Music Hall ^ @
Mon. Aug. 22 - Cincinnati, OH - Woodward Theater ^ @
Tue. Aug. 23 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop ^ @
Wed. Aug. 24 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall %
Thu. Aug. 25 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre # %
Fri. Aug. 26 - Portland, ME - State Theatre # %
Sat.  Aug. 27 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall # %
Mon. Aug. 29 -  South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground # %
Tue. Aug. 30 - Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts # %
Fri. Sep. 02 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live # %
Sat. Sep. 03 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony # %
Sun. Sep. 04 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest # %
Tue. Sep. 06 - Columbus, OH - The Athenaeum Theatre * =
Wed. Sep. 07 - Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine * =
Thu. Sep. 08 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheater * =
Fri. Sep. 09 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall * =
Sat. Sep. 10 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live * =
Sun. Sep. 11 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room * =
Tue. Sep. 13 - Orlando, FL - The Social * =
Wed. Sep. 14 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits * =
Thu. Sep. 15 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall * =
Fri. Sep. 16 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn Birmingham * =
Sat. Sep. 17 - Memphis, TN - Growler’s * =
Sun. Sep. 18 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom * =
Mon. Sep. 19 - St. Louis, MO - Red Flag * =
Tue. Sep. 20 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note * =
Wed. Sep. 21 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater * =
Fri. Sep. 23 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater * =
Sat. Sep. 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall * =
 
* w/ Orua
^ w/ Prism Bitch
! w/  Itchy Kitty
# w/ Wetface
% w/ Blood Lemon
+ w/ Sunbathe
$ w/ Distant Family
@ w/ Braided Waves

About Built to Spill’s When the Wind Forgets Your Name:
Since its inception in 1992, Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch intended his beloved band to be a collaborative project, an ever-evolving group of incredible musicians making music and playing live together. “I wanted to switch the lineup for many reasons. Each time we finish a record I want the next one to sound totally different. It’s fun to play with people who bring in new styles and ideas,” says Martsch. “And it’s nice to be in a band with people who aren’t sick of me yet.”
 
Following several albums and EPs on Pacific Northwest independent labels, including the unmistakably canonical indie rock classic, There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, released on Sub Pop offshoot Up Records in 1994, Martsch signed with Warner Brothers from 1995 to 2016. He and his rotating cast of cohorts recorded six more, inarguably great albums during that time – Perfect From Now On, Keep It Like a Secret, Ancient Melodies of the Future, You in Reverse, Untethered Moon, There Is No Enemy. There was also a live album, and a solo record, Now You Know. While the band’s impeccable recorded catalog is the entry point, Built to Spill live is an essential FORCE of its own: heavy, psychedelic, melodic and visceral tunes blaring from amps that sound as if they’re powered by Mack trucks.
 
Now in 2022, Built to Spill returns with When the Wind Forgets Your Name, Martsch’s unbelievably great new album (and also his eighth full-length)… with a fresh new label. “I’m psyched: I’ve wanted to be on Sub Pop since I was a teenager. And I think I’m the first fifty year-old they’ve ever signed.” (The rumors are true, we love quinquagenarians…)
 
When the Wind Forgets Your Name continues expanding the Built to Spill universe in new and exciting ways. In 2018 Martsch’s good fortune and keen intuition brought him together with Brazilian lo-fi punk artist and producer Le Almeida, and his long-time collaborator, João Casaes, both of the psychedelic jazz rock band, Oruã. On discovering their music Martsch fell in love with it right away. So when he needed a new backing band for shows in Brazil, he asked them to join. “We rehearsed at their studio in downtown Rio de Janeiro and I loved everything about it. They had old crappy gear. The walls were covered with xeroxed fliers. They smoked tons of weed,” Martsch says.
 
The Brazil dates went so well Martsch, Almeida, and Casaes made the decision to continue playing together throughout 2019, touring the US and Europe. During soundchecks they learned new songs Martsch had written, and when the touring ended, they recorded the bass and drum tracks at his rehearsal space in Boise. After Almeida and Casaes flew home, Martsch began overdubbing guitars and vocals by himself.
 
Martsch, Almeida, and Casaes had planned to mix the album together later in 2020 somewhere in Brazil or the US, but the pandemic kept them from reuniting in person. “We were able to send the tracks back and forth though, so we were still able to collaborate on the mixing process.”
 
What emerged is When the Wind Forgets Your Name, a complex and cohesive blend of the artists’ distinct musical ideas. Alongside Built to Spill’s poetic lyrics and themes, the experimentation and attention to detail produces an album full of unique, vivid, and timeless sounds.
 
The spare, power trio guitar riff in “Gonna Lose” is an anxiety-fueled joyride in song (“What could be more disorienting than being on acid in a dream?”). “Spiderweb” and “Never Alright” are classic-sounding, guitar-driven odes to REM and Dinosaur Jr (“No one can ever help no one not get their heart broken”). If there is such a thing as a Built to Spill sound, “Rocksteady” is maybe the band’s furthest departure from it yet with its reggae and dub-inspired instrumentation.
 
The album also contains bittersweet songs like the lo-fi ‘60s-style anthem “Fool’s Gold,” with its mellotron strings, and bluesy, wailing guitars (“Fool’s gold made me rich for a little while”), and “Understood,” a song about misunderstanding, which also takes inspiration from Evel Knievel’s failed stunt in Martsch’s hometown when he was a child. (“The deaf hear, the blind see. Just different things than you and me.”)
 
Martsch was also able to champion his love of comics by recruiting Alex Graham to illustrate the cover of When the Wind Forgets Your Name. “Alex published Dog Biscuits (Fantagraphics Books) online during the pandemic and it really spoke to me. I was thrilled when she agreed to paint the album cover.” What evolved was even better than he had imagined, with Graham also drawing a fifty panel comic strip for the gatefold. “I just asked for a painting and a comic. She created it all completely on her own.”
 
Almeida and Casaes have returned to their duties in Oruã, and Martsch has begun playing with yet another Built to Spill lineup that features Prism Bitch’s Teresa Esguerra on drums and Blood Lemon’s Melanie Radford on bass. Built to Spill and Oruã are currently touring and have a string of shows planned together in September.
 
Martsch concludes, “Making When the Wind Forgets Your Name was such a great experience.  I had an incredible time traveling and recording with Almeida and Casaes. I also learned so much about Brazilian culture and music while creating it. My Portuguese was terrible when I first met Almeida and Casaes, but by the end of the year it was even worse.” (He also learned that when Billy Idol sings “Eyes Without a Face” it sounds like “Help the Fish” in Portuguese.)
 
It may have taken us 30 years of obvious fandom and courtship, but on September 9, 2022, Sub Pop Records is unabashedly proud to finally release an excellent new album from Built to Spill: When the Wind Forgets Your Name. Sometimes persistence pays off.

Built to Spill
When The Wind Forgets Your Name
 
Tracklisting:
1. Gonna Lose
2. Fool’s Gold
3. Understood
4. Elements
5. Rock Steady
6. Spiderweb
7. Never Alright
8. Alright
9. Comes a Day

Sub Pop has (FINALLY!) signed the beloved Pacific Northwest rock band Built to Spill for the entire known universe, to release music for the label in 2022 and beyond. Over the course of 8 studio albums, a compilation, a live record, and consistently legendary live shows, Doug Martsch and his band have created some of our favorite music of the last few decades. We’re feeling pretty pleased with ourselves on this one.
 
In celebration of this news, Built to Spill is sharing its first round of western US tour dates for 2022 which begins with a two-night stand January 26th-27th at The Crocodile in Seattle, and runs through February 11th-12th with a two-night stand at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Tickets for these shows go on sale Friday, October 8th at 1 pm (local). The 2022 dates will feature direct support from Prism Bitch, with Oh, Rose, and Itchy Kitty opening on select dates.  Visit Built to Spill’s official website for more info.
 
Built to Spill also has a few headlining shows preceding the early 2022 run. This includes four dates with Team Dresch (December 16th-19th, 2021). Please find the band’s current tour schedule below.
 
Built to Spill is currently working on its Sub Pop debut, the follow-up to 2015’s Untethered Moon, due in 2022. The band also recently released Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston, a covers album featuring 11 songs from Johnston’s storied career.
 
Built to Spill is Doug Martsch, Melanie Radford, and Teresa Esguerra.
 
Thu. Dec. 16 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market*
Fri. Dec. 17 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall [SOLD OUT]*
Sat. Dec. 18 - Olympia, WA - Capitol Theatre*
Sun. Dec. 19 - Tacoma, WA - Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple*
Wed. Jan. 26 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^ !
Thu. Jan. 27 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^ !
Sat. Jan. 29 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^ !
Sun. Jan. 30 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^ $
Mon. Jan. 31 - Eugene, OR - Sessions Music Hall ^ ! $
Wed. Feb. 02 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows ^ $
Thu. Feb. 03 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory ^ $
Fri. Feb. 04 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl ^ #
Sat. Feb. 05 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s (Outdoors) ^ $
Mon. Feb. 07 - San Diego, CA - Belly Up ^ $
Tue. Feb. 08 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^ $
Wed. Feb. 09 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^ $
Thu. Feb. 10 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre ^ $
Fri. Feb. 11 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ^ $
Sat. Feb. 12 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ^ $

* w/ Team Dresch
^ w/ Prism Bitch
# w/ Dinosaur Jr.
! w/ Oh, Rose
$ w/ Itchy Kitty

Built to Spill’s There’s Nothing Wrong With Love and Ugly Casanova’s Sharpen Your Teeth are now available on vinyl from Sub Pop.

Built to Spill’s There’s Nothing Wrong With Love is the second full-length album released by legendary indie rock band Built to Spill. (stream the album here) It was originally released September 13, 1994 on the Up Records label. The line-up for the album was Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Andy Capps, with Phil Ek producing. The album features the enduring singles “In the Morning,” “Car,” and “Distopian Dream Girl.”

Pitchfork recently reviewed There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, giving the album “Best New Reissue,” and had this to say: “With its focus on childhood, the nature of existence, and the search for meaning, it’s possible to hear There’s Nothing Wrong With Love in the terms of  “What if there was another universe in my fingernail?” - style stoner dorm-room philosophy. But Martsch’s open heart keeps you on his side…To borrow one last line from “Car”, on this album Martsch remembered when he wanted to see “movies of his dreams.” For the vast majority of us that wish is never fulfilled, but There’s Nothing Wrong With Love is a celebration of the desire itself, the vulnerability that comes with allowing yourself to imagine possibility (see October 23rd review).

Sharpen Your Teeth is the underground classic and lone offering from Ugly Casanova.  (stream the album here)  The long, out-of-print vinyl edition will come with the original 13 track album and 4 bonus songs: “Babies Clean Conscience,” “Diggin Holes,” “Roads to Go to Roads to Go to…“ (which were available as limited edition singles around the album’s release); And the unreleased “They Devised A Plan to Fuck Forever,” recorded during the Sharpen Your Teeth sessions.  The album, which was co-produced by Brian Deck and Isaac Brock at Glacial Pace Studios (Oregon), features guest appearances from John Orth (Holopaw), Tim Rutili (Califone, Red Red Meat), Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession), and a handful of like-minded collaborators.

Ugly Casanova is Isaac Brock, of Modest Mouse. Or, possibly, it is a mysterious savant named Edgar Graham, who imposed himself on Modest Mouse at the Denver show of the band’s 1998 tour, introduced himself as Ugly Casanova, and, through a haze of unnerving instability, shared some rough songs with the band. His songs, though delivered hesitantly… shamefully, even… displayed unmistakable talent. By the end of Modest Mouse’s tour, Casanova, with much reluctance, was persuaded to record some of these songs and hand them over to record labels for issue as singles or parts of compilations. Predictably, immediately after he had done so, he disappeared (read more about Ugly Casanova here).

Built to Spill’s There’s Nothing Wrong With Love and Ugly Casanova’s Sharpen Your Teeth are now available for purchase through Sub Pop Mega Mart and fine independent retailers everywhere.

Built to Spill

There’s Nothing Wrong With Love

Tracklisting:

1. In the Morning

2. Reasons

3. Big Dipper

4. Car

5. Fling

6. Cleo

7. The Source

8. Twin Falls

9. Some

10. Distopian Dream Girl

11. Israel’s Song

12. Stab

Ugly Casanova

Sharpen Your Teeth

Vinyl tracklisting

1. Barnacles

2. Spilled Milk Factory

3. Parasites

4. Hotcha Girls

5. (no song)

6. Diamonds On the Face of Evil

7. Cat Faces

8. Ice On the Sheets

9. Bee Sting

10. Pacifico

11. Smoke Like Ribbons

12. Things I Don’t Remember

13. So Long to the Holidays

14. Babies Clean Conscience*

15. Diggin Holes*

16. They Devised a Plan to Fuck Forever*

17. Roads to Go to Roads to Go to…*