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I first discovered Built to Spill about a year and a half ago, when I was flipping through a stack of records at a local store. I saw their record There's Nothing Wrong With Love, with its ominous cloud and off-white background, and flipped past it. The reason I remember this moment so clearly is because the store was playing “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” a Neil Young song which I have fond memories of. Going home with an Elliott Smith record, I turned to the internet to figure out who this strange band was that reminded me of Neil Young. The first song I listened to from that album was “Big Dipper” and almost immediately after listening I decided it was my new favorite song. Then it was “Car,” then it was “Dystopian Dream Girl,” and then I just decided that the whole album was incredible. Built to Spill was formed in 1992 in Boise, Idaho, an understated epicenter of music. In the last thirty years the band has released ten studio albums. I think saying a Built to Spill record is …