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October 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

  • I don’t want to jinx it, but I’m having a perfect commute. No wait longer than 1 min! #
  • I can think of 3 Built to Spill albums I’d rather see performed than “Perfect From Now On”. #

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  • 1 BIG POPPA // Oct 14, 2008 at 9:33 am

    Besides theres nothing wrong with love? If you say ultimate alternative wavers you are a lying hipster purist aesthete and you should loosen up your turtleneck

  • 2 scottythebody // Oct 14, 2008 at 10:33 am

    Mos def, because they rarely played anything off of that album and it was a Bob and Scott staple in college.

    Also, “Keep it Like A Secret” is my second-favorite BTS record.

    HOWEVER

    I've been thinking about it and I have decided “Perfect from Now On” is the most cohesive statement the band ever made and, certainly, the most thematic of its records.

  • 3 michael // Oct 14, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    They did a great job of nailing Perfect From Now One when I saw them in NY recently. Watch the 3rd lead guitar player with the beard, he is their secret weapon on the wah pedal plus he plays through a weird homemade looking amp. And I have to say it is my favorite BTS record.

  • 4 scottythebody // Oct 15, 2008 at 2:30 am

    That might be the Caustic Resin guy (Bret Netson, I think, but I can never remember). When I saw them on the Perfect From Now On Tour, he was with them and one could realize how crucial he was to the sound of that record. I am always in favor of the 3-guitar assault that BTS employs over the 2 because Doug always does so much overdubbing and/or employs so many guitar players on the records. But seriously, the playing on PFNO is genius .

  • 5 Julie // Oct 16, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    I saw them play it FOR FREE in PDX one of first shows, early Sept. Jackpot Records gives out passes for MFNW each day. I thought it was *perfect* at Wonder Ballroom with Britt Daniel opening who played a few songs with Janet Weiss. BtS went straight into Going Against your Mind after album, awesome.

  • 6 scottythebody // Oct 21, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    So the BTS show was *awesome*. They didn't play “Perfect From Now On,” but had a cello player and played a *ton* of old school: “Stab”, “Car”, “In The Morning”, “The Plan”, “Stop The Show”, “Three Years Ago Today”, “Else”, & more!

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