The rest of the song is hardly delicate or soft. I have in fact described it as a "clangy/clashy song," when I was struggling with word recall. Unpolished, the opposite of clean, definitely not girly. It's one of the songs that I'm trying to use as my "vision board" for a new playlist, Less Girly.
The playlist is an attempt to get away from love songs. Love songs are great, don't get me wrong. I just don't try that hard to listen to new bands (or even newer songs) these days, and everything in my collection feels used. Like I can't reassociate love songs with new people. I would never regift a mix or associate the same song with multiple guys.
Most love songs make you feel happy and good, though. I need more of that. I would just rather have that without being reminded I'm lonely though, thus Less Girly. They can still be about love, (I think Terrible/Perfect reflects on two widely acknowledged views of love), and hope and heartbreak and possibilities, but they also need to be about more than just love.
Labels: Built To Spill. Doug Martsch, Less Girly, love songs, mixtapes, music appreciation