Kind of Like Spitting

Kind of Like Spitting was an American indie rock band. They formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon. The band was led by prolific singer-songwriter Ben Barnett, who work has drawn comparisons to Elliott Smith, Mark Eitzel, Billy Bragg, and Robert Pollard.^[1]

Over the next decade, Kind of Like Spitting regularly toured in the US, sometimes with David J. or a backing band.

In the UK, the track "Birds of a Feather" was picked up and played by John Peel but didn't get regular airplay.^[2]

The band released twelve albums in seven years.

Kind of Like Spitting announced a break-up in 2006 for personal reasons.^[3]

Since 2007, Barnett has been teaching music at the Paul Green School of Rock in Seattle.^[3]

In 2011, Kind Of Like Spitting played a reunion set at Brootal Sun Fest in Tucson, Arizona.

Barnett has been involved in other musical projects, including The Thermals in 2003.

Discography

Albums

• You Secretly Want Me Dead - Hush Records (2000)
• Nothing Makes Sense Without It - New American Dream (2000)
• Old Moon in the Arms of the New - Hush Records (2000)
• One Hundred Dollar Room - Ohev/Ganaarecordings (2002)
• Bridges Worth Burning - Barsuk (2002)
• Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs - Hush Records (2005)
• In the Red - Hush Records (2005)
• The Thrill of the Hunt - Redder Records (2006)
• Your Living Room’s All Over Me - Art of the Underground (2006)

References

1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Kind of Like Spitting". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kind-of-like-spitting-p310765. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
2. ^ "John Peel show 10th June 1999". University of Edinburgh - School of Informatics. http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gsteel/radioplus/index2.html. Retrieved 2006-12-18. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Brickner, Sara (2010-05-05). "Blunt Mechanic: Kind of Like Kind of Like Spitting". Seattle Weekly. http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-05-05/music/blunt-mechanic-kind-of-like-kind-of-like-spitting/. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 

External links

• Barsuk Records: Kind of Like Spitting page
• Hush Records: Kind of Like Spitting page
• Kind of Like Spitting discography at Last.fm