... with happiness, that is! You in Reverse was all well and good, but that album is so 2006, and now you’re telling my ass to wait until 2009!? WHERE IS THE HUSTLE, MARTSCHY!? You think you’re so cool because you’re using ProTools instead of analog recording now to make your recording sessions "more collaborative than ever"? That’s code for LAZY, brother! Stop plotting to run all over the globe and play that Perfect From Now On garbage to any audience that’ll listen... those shows won’t be sold out; they’re gonna be full of hostages! I don’t know what kind of racket you think you’re running here, but I can see riiight through you, Doug Martsch, SIR.

Excuse me, someone appears to have thrown a bucket of water over my head. Mr. Martsch tells Billboard that about 15 songs will make the cut for the new album, which has no title as of yet, and a few of the tracks have already made their live debuts ("Nowhere Lullabye," "Done," and "Good Old Boredom"). A few songs dropped from You in Reverse will find a new home on this album as well, and Martsch lets us in on some dirt about a shiny new one called "Planting Seeds": "[It’s] a real conventional kind of pop/rock song. It reminds me of a Tom Petty song or something, but it probably doesn’t sound anything like that." Isn’t he a dear?

Please ignore my previous allegations and feel confident in your choice as to whether or not you should catch Built To Spill on their Perfect From Now On tour — which will see John McMahon bringing his cello to make sure those Perfect From Now On dates are just perfect — but you have to tell them Mr P sent you.

Summer dates:

06.06.08 - Lawrence, KS - Wakarusa Festival 06.07.08 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cabooze 07.03.08 - Quincy, CA - 18th Annual High Sierra Music Festival 07.19.08 - Boise, ID - Expo Idaho Fairgrounds

Perfect From Now On tour:

09.08.08 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s 09.09.08 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s 09.10.08 - Hollywood, CA - Troubadour West 09.11.08 - Hollywood, CA - Troubadour West 09.12.08 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet’s 09.17.08 - New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place 09.18.08 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theater 09.19.08 - Monticello, NY - All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival 09.20.08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero 09.21.08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero 09.22.08 - Richmond, VA - The National 09.23.08 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 09.24.08 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live 09.25.08 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 09.26.08 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 09.27.08 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre 10.01.08 - Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Doornroosje 10.02.08 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Melkweg 10.03.08 - Utrecht, The Netherlands - Tivoli 10.04.08 - Groninge, The Netherlands - Take rot 10.05.08 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Box 10.06.08 - Aarhus, Denmark - VoxHall 10.07.08 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen 10.09.08 - Stavanger, Norway - Folken 10.10.08 - Mons, Belgium - USF 10.11.08 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller 10.12.08 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers 10.13.08 - Stockholm, Sweden -Debaser Medis 10.14.08 - Malmo, Sweden - KB 10.15.08 - Bielefeld, Germany - Forum 10.16.08 - Bochum, Germany - Bhf Langendeer 10.17.08 - Stuttgart, Germany - Universum 10.18.08 - Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof 10.19.08 - Nuremberg, Germany - K4 10.21.08 - Vienna, Austria - Flex 10.22.08 - Innsbruck, Austria - Weekender 10.23.08 - Saint Gallen, Switzerland - Palace 10.24.08 - Bologna, Italy - Locomotive 10.25.08 - Rome, Italy - In IT 10.26.08 - Verona, Italy - Interzone 10.28.08 - Clermont-Ferrand, France - La Cooperative 10.29.08 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo 10.30.08 - Madrid, Spain - Caracol 10.31.08 - Bilbao, Spain - Azkena 11.01.08 - Angouleme, France - La Nef 11.03.08 - Paris, France - Maroquinerie 11.04.08 - London, UK - Koko  11.05.08 - Bristol, UK - Thekla 11.06.08 - Oxford, UK - Zodiac 11.07.08 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social club 11.08.08 - Glasgow, UK - King Tuts 11.09.08 - Belfast, UK - Limelight 11.10.08 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy