The Halo Benders - "Virginia Reel Around The Fountain"

The Halo Benders - "Virginia Reel Around The Fountain": "A few years ago, I got the chance to interview Halo Benders/Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch. I asked him if he and co-HB frontman Calvin Johnson took songs and wrote lyrics completely independently of each other, then just slapped their results on top of each other in recording. Doug replied that I wasn't far off, which is partially why Built to Spill is able to perform this song without Calvin and it still holds together. But the magic here is that their separate takes on the same music interlock in mesmerizing ways, while the music is so strong it could hold its own as an instrumental track. Check it out, then try the live Built to Spill version, which is also strong, but shows how much more engaging the dueling Calvin/Doug vocals make the song."