caption current_members years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
ben , florida , january 2006 barnett playing at will 's pub , orlando ben barnett , brian grant , dante johnson 1996 ; present & ndash ; 2006 , 2012 & ndash count new american dream ohev/ganaarecordings barsuk redder your lucky stars records topshelf jealous butcher hush kind of like spitting
 ryan , dan devriend , david jerkovich moore ryan matheson , ben gibbard , p.j. group_or_band emo , indie rock benbarnett.jpg portland , oregon , united states kind of like spitting
kind of like spitting

kind of like spitting is an american indie rock band .
they formed in 1996 in portland , oregon .
the band is led by singer-songwriter ben barnett , whose work has drawn comparisons to elliott smith , mark eitzel , billy bragg , and robert pollard .
over the next decade , kind of like spitting regularly toured in the us , sometimes with david jerkovich of novi split or a backing band .
kind of like spitting released twelve albums in seven years .
in the uk , the track `` birds of a feather '' was picked up and played by bbc radio 1 dj john peel , but did n't get regular airplay .
the band announced a break-up in 2006 for personal reasons .
