Ancient Melodies of the Future is the fifth full-length album released by indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Built to Spill

Built to Spill

Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:...

. The core line-up of the band remained as it had for the previous two albums, with singer/guitarist Doug Martsch

Doug Martsch

Doug Martsch is an American musician. Martsch, a native of Boise, Idaho, is best known for his distinctive vocals and guitar style in the band Built to Spill. He has also worked with Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening in The Halo Benders. Martsch's first band was Farm Days, with Andy Capps and Brett...

, bassist Brett Nelson

Brett Nelson

Brett Nelson is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist for the indie rock band Built to Spill....

, and drummer Scott Plouf. The album was recorded at Bear Creek in Woodinville, Washington

Woodinville, Washington

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, with overdubs recorded at Avast! Recording Co. in Seattle, Washington, and Martsch's studio, The Manhouse, in Boise, Idaho

Boise, Idaho

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. Ancient Melodies was released on the Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 label in 2001 (see 2001 in music

2001 in music

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).

Additional musicians

• Sam Coomes
  Sam Coomes
  Samuel J. Coomes is an American musician, and currently one-third of the Portland-area indie band Quasi, along with drummer and ex-wife Janet Weiss and bassist Joanna Bolme...
  
   - keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
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   on "Strange," "Alarmed," and "The Weather"
• Brett Netson - guitar
  Guitar
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   on "The Host," "Trimmed and Burning," "Happiness," and "Don't Try"; thumb piano
  Thumb piano
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   on "In Your Mind"; hi-hat
  Hi-hat
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  on "In Your Mind," and "Happiness"

Track listing

1. "Strange" - 4:00
2. "The Host" - 3:55
3. "In Your Mind" - 3:46
4. "Alarmed" - 5:07
5. "Trimmed and Burning" - 4:19
6. "Happiness" - 3:41
7. "Don't Try" - 3:17
8. "You Are" - 3:51
9. "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" - 2:45
10. "The Weather" - 4:35