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• Published date: 24 September 2022
• Publication title: Mix, The

Some guitar players like to show off, they barge into a song loin first, erupting their genius all over the place. Not Doug Martsch, chief songwriter of indie institution Built to Spill. Over the past 30 years he has probably played more top-shelf guitar solos than anyone this side of J. Mascis. The effortless nature of his songwriting and playing doesn’t announce itself by jumping off a mini tramp while the pyro explodes on either side. It’s more like watching the clouds shift...