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Alternative Nation : The Fediverse's largest alternative and indie music community! All things alternative music, from 80s college rock to today's indie and all the amazing alternative music in between. Welcome home, music nerds!

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Essential Guided By Voices Albums - Bandcamp (www.discogs.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/alternativenation

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As Guided by Voices’ resident mad scientist, Robert Pollard churns out songs at a rate that makes the speed of light seem slothful. From homegrown four-track fuzzfests to comparatively high-tech stints with famous producers, GBV’s dozens-strong discography defies easy listening. With Pollard as the only constant, the Dayton band toiled in ‘80s indie rock’s sub-basement obscurity before emerging as the surrealist kings of lo-fi land in the mid ‘90s.

Today, they’re a scrappy but stalwart alt-rock institution. At each album’s core are Pollard’s delirious dream-logic lyrics and miniaturist mania, with songs sometimes ending after a single verse. “I’ve tried to write epics, but I’ve got a short attention span from working with kids for 14 years,” the former schoolteacher told SPIN.

It's Propeller, right? The best GBV album? Yeah, OK.

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[–] lewdian69 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's Alien Lanes for me. Quintessential gbv after a bit of polishing and before too much production

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Watch me jumpstart, Game of pricks, Motor away! Yes, right up there for sure. The club is open... :)

[–] lewdian69 1 points 4 months ago

Things without wings have begun to fly