Review: Built To Spill - You In Reverse (or) who is Mike Jones?

Posted on 21 March 2006 | 5 Comments

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Indie Rock

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So everyone knows that the new Built To Spill album You In Reverse is officially due out on April 11th but leaked copies have been circulating around the internet for a few months. There is (however) a catch.

Houston based rapper Mike Jones (also on Warner Bros.) appears roughly every 45 seconds on each of the tracks shouting his catch phrase, “Who is Mike Jones?” This is perhaps the best copy protection I’ve ever seen actually work. Mike Jones’ shouts are just way too annoying to dissuade people from actually buying the album. Very strange indeed and if anyone can tell me if this is of Warner Bros. doing or any of the details behind this, I’d love to know.

All that aside, You In Reverse is a very solid album. Trademark Doug Martsch tunes with melodies that bob and weave between the swirling guitars. While not as strong as my favorite BTS album There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, perhaps all this new one needs is time and an absence of Mike Jones.

MP3 | Built To Spill – Conventional Wisdom You In Reverse (Advance)
MP3 | Built To Spill – The Wait You In Reverse (Advance)