With Almeida and Casaes unable to return from Brazil during the pandemic, Doug finished the album by himself and has since gathered a new lineup of the band. They smoked tons of weed.' During their 2019 tour they worked on Marstch's new songs during soundcheck and then recorded basic tracks in his Boise studio. The walls were covered with xeroxed fliers. “We rehearsed at their studio in downtown Rio de Janeiro and I loved everything about it,' Martsch says. To arrive at this sound, bandleader Doug Martsch parted ways with his 2010s lineup of the band and enlisted Le Almeida and João Casaes of Brazilian psychedelic jazz rock band, Oruã. How was this quintessential American indie rock band never on the quintessential indie rock label? (The band actually spent most of their career on major label Warner Bros with an autonomy many of their peers never experienced.) In any case, it's two great tastes that taste great together and this, their eighth studio album of originals, is a quintessential Built to Spill record, sounding and feeling like it could've dropped in the mid-'90s between There's Nothing Wrong With Love and Perfect From Now On. It's a fact: When the Wind Forgets Your Name is Built to Spill's first album for Sub Pop but in a way it feels impossible. Indie rock icons get that '90s feeling back on their first album for Sub Pop I Love You Jennifer B is a trip without roads or rules but with Jockstrap's boundless creativity you never feel lost.īuilt to Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name(Sub Pop) That freedom allows for so many magical moments: the wonderous 'Concrete Over Water,' that swoons and sways with an orchestra of dripping strings, arpeggiated synthesizers, and sampled dog barks that go from the bedroom to outer space and back again the lush and horny 'Greatest Hits' that toys with '70s soul along with fantasizing about Madonna and 'Debra,' which works in samples from all over the world and the wistful, wonderful 'Glasgow.'Įllery's voice is as elastic as Taylor's inventive production and really ties the whole album together, from the gentle, harp-plucked lullaby 'Angst' to chopped-up numbers like the title track. I like to digest the past as much as possible and then when creating something, completely ignore any thoughts about time, whether it be the past or the present, and feel things as much as I can.' 'We look back on things often and reflect on older music. 'The past means just as much to us as the future does,' Taylor (who does most of the production) told Norman Records. No genre is uncool or verboten, whether it's country, house, smooth R&B, Disney soundtrack balladry, hip hop production new and old, '80s new wave and electro you name it, it's here, smushed up against something else you wouldn't think could possibly go together, but they make it seem like the most natural thing. Each turn unexpected and perfect.įrom there, you have no idea where Ellery and Taylor Skye will take you next, but you can't wait to find out. All while the melody continues, over and done with in less than four minutes. Then the song flips again with distorted drums, a towering fuzzed-out riff and the whole thing sounding like someone dropped the tape into a deep fryer. If you've never heard them before, you might be expecting a folk album along the lines of Laura Marling but 40 seconds into the song, as Ellery's voice rises and gains strength, a switch flips and things go into glitchy electronic territory with deep sub synths, 'wub wub' dubstep bass, and fizzled circuits.

The album opens with a gentle strum of a guitar and singer Georgia Ellery's breathy vocals. The debut album from UK duo Jockstrap is the sound of total freedom. UK duo's wonderful debut album offers surprises at every turn ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B (Rough Trade)

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