POLLSTAL BLOWFISH - ILM Artist Poll #8 - Guided By Voices - ReSuLtS!!!

Hoping Class Clown is their "no fuckin' around" reunion album.

Just now getting around to listening to it. Less fuckin' around than Let's Go Eat the Factory, but still not a terrible lot of umph to it. So this is the sound of old dudes making choons, I guess.

i like it a lot more than factory so far in general, but sprout's tunes are worse than ever

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guided-by-voices-ready-third-album-of-2012-20120727

With a pair of albums already out this year, Guided By Voices releases another new effort this fall — and plans to put out a new album every six months after that, guitarist Tobin Sprout says.

The Bears for Lunch is due in November, and the band is set to begin work on the next LP, English Little League, in August.

The Bears for Lunch track listing:

"King Arthur the Red"
"The Corners are Glowing"
"Have a Jug"
"Hangover Child"
"Dome Rust"
"Finger Gang"
"The Challenge Is Much More"
"Waving at Airplanes"
"The Military School Dance Dismissal"
"White Flag"
"Skin to Skin Combat"
"She Lives in an Airport"
"Tree Fly Jet"
"Waking Up the Stars"
"Up Instead of Running"
"Smoggy Boy"
"Amorphous Surprise"
"You Can Fly Anything Right"
"Everywhere Is Miles From Everywhere"

i'm glad pollard is adhering to the one-album-about-airplanes-every-four-albums rule.

good tracklist

I saw them in Philly on their latest tour, and they played "Hangover Child". It was nothing special, but who knows, could be another grower. In general they were very good live, though, way tighter than on the reunion tour (until the 2nd encore or so, but it usually gets ropey way earlier).

So far Class Clown > Factory for me; but both are victims of Pollard's refusal to self-edit, unfortunately.

I don't think the leak of English Little League I just acquired is complete (it's missing some tracks and includes some b-sides, so whatever), but "Islands (She Talks in Rainbows)" is Tobin's best song in a dog's age.

i'm glad pollard is adhering to the one-album-about-airplanes-every-four-albums rule.

i had no idea gbv albums COULD leak. i thought they released them 35 seconds after recording them.

idk where else to put this where my fellow enthusiasts will appreciate it so i am putting it here
1 of my bands has a show wednesday and it's just two of us instead of 3 and i convinced guitar player/singer to cover my 6th favorite gbv song!!i am going to switch best/worst in the second verse because belligerence is truly the worst
so excited!!!

Exit flagger

We thought about it but went with Quality of Armor

MEAGH GEAR FIX?!?!?!

sorry I'm . wasted

Thought about that one but guitarist wanted something peppier. Sorry you're wasted :(

playing gbv songs with a band sounds like so much fun, totally jealous

My old band used to do "big boring wedding" and "tractor tape chain"

Brim are you in NYC? I wonder if we have enough musician ilxors who like gbv who would like to kick out the jams

How about you Lech?

I'm in Chicago. You guys should totally kick out some gbv jams.

Lol tape chain

i am not in NYC but would totally highkick out some gbv jams with ilxors in a neutral safe space

I dug their show last summer at Wicker Park Fest in Chicago. Better than when I saw them at Metro in late 90s (too drunk), not as great as a small club in '93 when they were like how I imagined The Who in '68. "Space Gun" from the upcoming album is quite good, and last year's August By Cake has some choons. Belatedly working my way through How Do You Spell Heaven now. Time for a GBV 2010s list/playlist?

I’m an exclusively pre-Mag Earwig man myself