In 1983, Ohio schoolteacher Robert Pollard stood in his basement and magically willed into being the ultimate rock group, a Brit invasion beat band inaccurately reassembled by thirty-something punks, nostalgically nibbling the lost lobes of their still ringing teenage ears.
Guided By Voices’ colossal catalogue of thousands of two minute sugar hits shames the supposed greats, and intimidates the feeble.
The prolific Pollard has reconvened the nineties GBV, with his talismanic lieutenant Tobin Sprout, to deliver more home taped pummelling pop nuggets and sneakered shaman drones, ringing the changes with soft rock renegade piano balladry.
Nonetheless, begin with 1994’s Bee Thousand and work forwards.
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