Built To Spill UNTETHERED MOON

Built to Spill probably should have named themselves Built to Last. Their 2015 album, Untethered Moon, is only their eighth, but they've been cranking out guitar-saturated indie rock for over two decades. Not only is their longevity (both as a band and as a Warner Bros. recording artist) remarkable, so is their consistency. The 2015 edition of the band sounds like the 2009 edition, which sounded like the 2001 edition, and so on back to 1993. The constants in their sound -- the intertwined guitars, Doug Martsch's yelping vocals, the Neil Young-inspired epic ballads, the feverish rockers -- are as constant as ever, and anyone who dug the band at any point could drop right back in and instantly feel at home. Anyone who has remained a devoted fan of the band will feel rewarded for staying the course with the delivery of another quality indie rock epic. Martsch and his bearded crew of guitar stranglers and rhythm section pounders sound fully invested in what they're playing and singing, ooz