Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho, formed in 1992 and led by Doug Martsch, who has also been the only permanent member. The group line-up generally changes with every release.

Regarding the band name, Martsch said:

It was a game my wife and I played where we’d take turns writing a word. She’d write a word, then I’d write a word and we’d make up poems and stories. So when I was trying to come up with a band name we went back through them together to see if there was anything interesting and it was a part of that.