“Kicked it in the Sun” by Built To Spill

"Kicked It in the Sun" lives on Perfect from Now On, the 1996 album that was Built to Spill's third and their first for a major label, Warner Bros. Doug Martsch wrote it, sings it and plays guitar, splitting Moog duties with drummer Scott Plouf, while Phil Ek recorded and produced it and mixed it with Martsch.

Nothing about that record came easy. Martsch first tried to play nearly everything himself and wasn't happy with the results, so he brought in Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson to cut it all again, only for those tapes to be ruined by the heat on Ek's drive from Seattle to Boise. The band rehearsed some more and made it a third time, and the finished album stretches its songs long, chewing on mortality, existential dread and the absurdity of chasing perfection.

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