Treepeople – Something Vicious For Tomorrow / Time Whore CD

Everybody who recognizes the name Doug Martsch knows the man from his long and fruitful tenure as leader of Built to Spill, but that’s not the only notch on his guitar strap.

And if asked to cite Martsch’s “other band,” a considerable number of those who know him would likely offer up the name Halo Benders like the total smarties they fancied themselves to be. And they’d not be incorrect. But in addition to Martsch’s involvement, that fine group also featured ex-Beat Happening/K Records honcho Calvin Johnson and longtime producer, solo artist and ex-Pell Mell member Steve Fisk; Halo Benders are in fact most accurately described as an indie supergroup/side-project that sorta dwindled out not long after Martsch’s principal unit made the big jump to Warner Brothers.

But before Built to Spill trod the soil of this globe on endless tours Sir Doug played guitar and shared vocals in Treepeople.

–Joseph Neff

THIS is their first record on C/Z