Kind of Like Spitting
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Kind of Like Spitting is an indie rock band currently on the Barsuk record label. They formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon. Led by prolific singer-songwriter Ben Barnett, he has drawn comparisons to Elliott Smith, Mark Eitzel, Billy Bragg, and Robert Pollard.
Kind of Like Spitting announced it break-up October 8, 2006 for what would be best described as "personal reasons".[1] Barnett has yet to reveal further musical plans.
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[edit] Band members
- Ben Barnett
[edit] Discography
Kind of Like Spitting
Kind of Like Spitting (Cassette) - Jealous Butcher
Track Listing: Side A 1. Water Works 2. Power Chords 3. Tape Deck 4. February 18, 1996 5. Big Grey Parlor 6. Winter 7. Drop the Bomb 8. 4-Letter Words 9. No Free Refills
Side B 1. Liquid Boy 2. Outside 3. Answering Machine 4. Bookworm 5. Still Be Around 6. Better Anyway 7. You Poor Miserable Fool 8. Lazer Diagram
Pressings: - Limited cassettes
Blue EP - Hush Records
Track Listing: 1. Shuffle, Kick, Hum a Tune 2. The Thing About Distance 3. March 25, 1998 4. What a Wonderful Puddle 5. Just Broken 6. Rowing a Dead Horse 7. Through the Sound of Crashing Pins 8. Mine
Pressings: - Limited CD
Old Moon in the Arms of the New - Hush Records
Track Listing: 1. Old Moon Meet New 2. Boy Cries Wolf 3. Two Violins, Which Are Meant To Represent The Forest 4. Tyco Racing Set And A Christmas Story Fifteen Times 5. Dostoyevsky Gets Mugged Outside A Donut Shop In Jersey 6. On The Subject Of Her New Gold Star 7. Young Fiction Writer 8. I Know You Heard Me The First Time 9. 43C
Pressings: - CD - Black vinyl (Jealous Butcher)
Nothing Makes Sense Without it - New American Dream - 1999
Track Listing: 1. The Short Story Long 2. Blue Period 3. At Your Convenience 4. Birds Of A Feather 5. Robi Point, Stars Above 6. Out Of Harm's Way...Finally 7. 1330 Oak 1995 8. Dodge Dart 9. Haven't Been To The Ocean Sense 10. Shuffle, Kick, Hum A Tune 11. A Shaggy Dog Shames Its Owner 12. The Rest Is Up To You
Pressings: - CD - Black vinyl (Slowdance Records)
Kind of Like Spitting - Hush Records
Track Listing: 1. Crossover Potential 2. Shuffle, Kick, Hum a Tune 3. The Thing About Distance 4. March 25, 1998 5. What a Wonderful Puddle 6. Just Broken 7. Rowing a Dead Horse 8. Through the Sound of Crashing Pins 9. Mine 10. Canoe
Pressings: - Limited CD - re-release of 'Blue EP'
Birds of a Feather - Grand Theft Autumn
Track Listing: 1. Birds of a Feather 2. Afraid of Crushes 3. Rowing a Dead Horse
Pressings: - 1000 on black 7" vinyl
Insound Tour Support #14 - Insound.com
Track Listing: 1. Fuck Liz Where Are You? 2. Now I Can Smile 3. Bird on a Wire 4. Praire Lullaby 5. Firework 6. The Last Time I Saw Richard 7. Continent 8. Instinctually Restricted the Animal Will Bolt
Pressings: - One limited pressing in cardboard sleeve
You Secretly Want Me Dead - Hush Records
Track Listing: 1. Who Cares How Much 2. Catch The Redeye Out Of Girlfriend Land 3. Your Favorite Actor 4. We Got As Far As Minnesota 5. Do You Need Him Here To Say (Elsa) 6. Happy? 7. Maybe We Should Get Married 8. A Thought From The Kitchen Floor 9. Motor Boat 10. Please Don't Sweat The Afterlife 11. Slow Me Down 12. Something In The Air 13. Please Don't Let It End Like This 14. I've Realized That Things Aren't Really Good Or Bad, At Least It's Better To Avoid Looking At... 15. Staring At Your Toy Collection 16. Afraid Of Crushes
Pressings: - Original CD contain a cover of Karate's 'New hang-out condition'
$100 Room - Ohev/Ganaarecordings - 2000
Track Listing: 1. Hook 2. One Bird, One Stone 3. Scene 4. Hoax 5. This Life, So Unlike the Last 6. 26 Is Too Soon 7. B-Side Poetry 8. Yes, You're Busted 9. Free Advice 10. Pick a Town, Find a Box, Live Alone 11. 11:11 12. Sex Ruins Everything 13. Cater 14. Little Time Bomb
Pressings: - CD - re-released by Hush Records in 2006
Bridges Worth Burning - Barsuk - 2000
Track Listing: 1. Passionate 2. We Are Both Writers 3. Born Beautiful 4. He Calls Me 5. Following Days 6. I Want Out 7. Canaries 8. Tyco Racing and a Christmas Story Fifteen Times 9. This Lemonade Is Terrible 10. Crossover Potential 11. Continent
Pressings - CD - Black vinyl
- Japanese Bonus track edition
13. We are both writers (demo) 14. Born beautiful (demo) 15. Following days (demo) 16. I want out (demo) 17. Finally (demo)
Live in Seattle - Recorded 30/04/05 (Ben's birthday) - Self Released
Track Listing: 1. I don't love you anymore 2. Song for you (Leon Russell cover) 3. Town 4. 26 is too soon 5. Canaries 6. Annie's Harmonica 7. Sheriff Ochs 8. Happy 9. Passionate
Pressings: - 50 hand made CDRs
Learn: The songs of Phil Ochs - Hush Records - 2005
Track Listing 1. I'm Tired 2. You Can't Get Stoned Enough 3. Draft Dodger Rag 4. That's What I Want to Hear 5. Outside of a Small Circle of Friends 6. Where Were You in Chicago 7. When I'm Gone 8. I Ain't Marching Anymore 9. Remember Me
Pressings: - CD
In the Red - Hush Records - 2005
Track Listing: 1. Aubergine 2. We Fell All Over You 3. Worker Bee #7348-F87904 4. Spin 5. In the Red 6. Sheriff Ochs 7. Bubble Congress 8. All Hail 9. Per Se Wha?! 10. Song for Annie's Harmonica 11. Grapes 12. Line and Sinker 13. Finishing 14. Passing Through
Pressings: - CD - 500 black vinyl (Art of the Underground) - 2006
The Thrill of the Hunt - Redder Records - Feb 2006
Track Listing: 1. Thrill of the Hunt 2. Middle 3. Hands 4. Share the Road 5. You 6. If the Shoe Fits, Cut the Foot Off 7. To the Wall (Intermission) 8. Holding Patterns 9. A Song For You 10. The Thing About Distance 11. Lay Some Happiness on Me 12. You Got Served 13. Thirteen
Pressings: - CD - 500 black vinyl (Art of the Underground) - May 2006
Splits:
Kind of Like Spitting/The City on Film/stirling silver
- Blue Period - Out of harm's way finally...
Kind of Like Spitting/Rose Of Sharon - Jealous Butcher
Track Listing: 1. A Shaggy Dog Shames Its Owner
Pressings: - Limited 7"
Kind of Like Spitting/The City on Film - Sport Records
Track Listing: 1. There It Goes, So It Goes 2. Free Advice
Pressings: - Two limited presses on black vinyl - second press w/ bold writing on sleeve (possibly pressings of only 100-250 each)
Kind of Like Spitting/Jeff London (Home Vol. 1) - Post-Parlo - 11/07/00
Track Listing: 1. Beat Down the Kid 2. Grenada
Pressings: - 500 CDs
Kind of Like Spitting/Lemuria - Your Livingroom's All Over Me - Art of the Underground - 2006
Track Listing: B1. Shallow Doses 2. Team reasonable 3. You I seek 4. Why I Smoke Mad Weed 5. Afraid of Crushes
Pressings: - CD - Clear vinyl
This was compiled by Andrew Biles
[edit] Compilations
- Aircheck (cassette)
- Chico, CA
- Less
- Mass
- Flag
- Slightest Indication of Change
- 'Find' Soundtrack
- Metaphysics for beginners
- Redder Records covers
- Read: Interpretting Björk
- PDX Pop Now!
- What are friends for?
- Mile: A Hush compilation
- Other Projects:*
- Slotcar - Ben's band before KoLS
- The Thermals
- Novi Split - David J's other project
- Worker Bee - Demos were written under this name for some of the 05/06 releases
- Cash Money Bros. featured Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie as well; I seem to remember that only played a show or two.
- This was compiled by Andrew Biles
