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Even back in 1987, Guided By Voices was not content to release just one album in a year—Sandbox was released in the summer of that year following Devil Between My Toes’ appearance that February Likewise, in similar GBV style, the sound and approach of the two albums could not be more different Where Devil mostly mines a... -
Propeller was the fifth album by Guided By Voices, and was intended to be the group’s last Released as a limited edition of 500 LPs in 1992, the album featured handmade covers and blank labels to keep expenses as low as possible Their other albums hadn’t sold much, why would this one Robert Pollard had a family to support and...
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La La Land doubles down on the intricate proggy-pop displayed on Guided By Voices’s last album Tremblers And Goggles By Rank On a hot streak of critical acclaim, Robert Pollard continues expanding his songwriting towards extremes of prettiness, heaviness and poeticism As always, unforgettable hooks are everywhere But with this...
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Robert Pollard's output is still a marvel to behold in the annals of US indie rock As the driving force behind Guided By Voices and a tangled labyrinth of other projects, he's released more music than any one person can surely keep up with That said, such is the power of his songwriting, a one-off single can be as much of a gem...
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Scalping The Guru is an archival Guided By Voices release, envisioned and sequenced by Robert Pollard as a cohesive album, featuring select tracks from four GBV EPs released in 1993-1994 by Domino, City Slang, Siltbreeze and Engine Records These hard to find records are essential for fans of Vampire On Titus and Bee Thousand, with...
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Little introduction should be required here Let it suffice to say that Bee Thousand is arguably the best, or at least among the top Guided By Voices albums in a copious discography Accordingly, the album has stacked up accolades over the years, including being voted #1 on Amazoncom's '100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time'...
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Tremblers And Goggles By Rank marks a new phase in Robert Pollard’s songwriting evolution His songs have always included non-traditional approaches to form and song structure, but with this album, he has pushed it further than ever While the familiar Guided By Voices pop-craft and melodic virtuosity always occupies center stage,...
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Devil Between My Toes was the debut album by Guided By Voices, originally self-released by the group in February 1987 in an edition of 300 copies Disillusioned by the lukewarm reception to the band’s debut EP the previous year, Robert Pollard resolved that this record would be conceived for an audience of one: “(it) is...
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All songs written by Robert Pollard, Needmore Songs (BMI) Produced by Travis Harrison GBV: Robert Pollard, Doug Gillard, Bobby Bare Jr, Mark Shue, Kevin March The mighty Guided by Voices are set to unleash upon the world their 35th and quite possibly…BEST album, Crystal Nuns Cathedral How do they do it you might ask Well...
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It’s been just a few months since Guided By Voice’s faux rock opera Earth Man Blues garnered four-star and five-star reviews, with Rolling Stone proclaiming that it “squarely hits all the marks that make Guided By Voices great—again and again and again” “Again and again and again”, is perhaps GBV’s credo, with...
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Originally released in 2001, Isolation Drills is the twelfth album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided by Voices It was their second and final LP released under TVT Records and their second to feature producer in Rob Schnapf The album notably features instrumental contributions from Elliott Smith and David Sulzer This special...
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Propeller was the fifth album by Guided By Voices, and was intended to be the group’s last Released as a limited edition of 500 LPs in 1992, the album featured handmade covers and blank labels to keep expenses as low as possible Their other albums hadn’t sold much, why would this one Robert Pollard had a family to support and...
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Styles We Paid For is Guided By Voices’ third album of 2020 and it stands as a testament to this Year In Isolation, reflecting these dark days through Robert Pollard’s prism, with the band sounding as confident and authoritative as ever The fifteen tracks were recorded remotely during quarantine from five states (Ohio, New...
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When we last heard from Guided By Voices, they had released an astonishing four albums in just over 12 months Each has a distinctive creative identity: Zeppelin Over China was a meat-and-potatoes double album, Warp And Woof was a return to the band’s low-fidelity roots and under-two-minute earworms, Sweating The Plague was a...
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Scat is pleased to announce a new vinyl pressing of the classic Guided By Voices album, Vampire On Titus Although there were several different pressings in the 1990s, this is the first since 1998 This edition features a new master cut at Golden, is packaged in a sturdy tip-on jacket, and includes Robert Pollard’s original...
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