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- Date Released: June 13, 2000
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Rocket Girl / IODA
The breakup record Built to Spill never made
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We Say...
"One day I'll my life to drugs and bars/ and sleep all day / and waste my life away," sings Quentin Stotltzfus at the outset of "Deed to Drugs." It takes him all of two seconds to decide, "I think I'll start today." And can you blame him? An alternately searing and euphoric document of a breakup, Watch it Happen perfectly summarizes the mixed emotions that accompany a protracted separation. Every song here is a golden great: the determined chug of "Wheats," the dizzying Perfect from Now On reel of "Chasing the Girl." Stoltzfus pours his heart out, stretching his tender, pained voice across yards of bright, blinding guitar -- even namedropping Henry Darger's Vivian Girls almost a decade before a certain Brooklyn band would take the name to greater heights. It should've been indie rock gold, but it never really got out of Philly, and Stoltzfus made just two more records before hanging it up for good. But their debut is so fully realized and expertly executed it's hard to care. Stoltzfus perfectly captures every stray thought and passing notion, singing at one point: "I must have spent 30 days writing a simple melody / to tell you that I'm over you / but — oh yeah, that's right, I'm not over you." Watch it Happen is 11 songs of Stoltzfus essentially admitting that he'll need to write at least 11 more before he's even close to recovery.
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Chasing The Girl |
3:50 |
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| 02. | |
I Should Be Sleeping |
3:08 |
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| 03. | |
500 Repetitions Once A Week From 13 To 17 |
2:32 |
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| 04. | |
Wheats |
3:29 |
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| 05. | |
Henry Darger |
2:57 |
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| 06. | |
Deed To Drugs |
4:20 |
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| 07. | |
Progress Is Lovely |
3:27 |
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| 08. | |
December's Coming |
3:46 |
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| 09. | |
Sicily |
2:16 |
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| 10. | |
Green Lane |
1:36 |
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| 11. | |
Watch It Happen |
4:38 |
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11 Total Tracks, 35:59 Total Length
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Credits
- John Baker - Mastering // Sean Byrne - Percussion // Sean Byrne - Drums // Sean Byrne - Slide Guitar // Sean Byrne - Vocal Harmony // Chris Rice - Cover Design // Chris Rice - Sleeve Design // Brian McTear - Bass // Brian McTear - Guitar // Brian McTear - Producer // Brian McTear - Engineer // Brian McTear - Vocal Harmony // Mazarin - Main Performer // Matt Werth - Bass // Jay Laughlin - Guitar // Quentin Stoltzfus - Percussion // Quentin Stoltzfus - Arranger // Quentin Stoltzfus - Vocals // Quentin Stoltzfus - Producer // Quentin Stoltzfus - Sampling // Quentin Stoltzfus - Vocal Harmony
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