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MP3: Boston Spaceships - "Go For The Exit" (Robert Pollard)

Boston Spaceships Robert Pollard may have claimed that Robert Pollard Is Off To Business was to be the only "proper" "Robert Pollard" release this year, but that's not stopping the Guided By Voices frontman from releasing albums under ever more monikers.

Pollard follows other '08 releases (...Off To Business, Superman Was a Rocker (a "mini-album"), We've Moved as Psycho & the Birds) with Brown Submarine as Boston Spaceships. Brown Submarine? Gross...

This from his website:
Mr. Pollard was so enthusiastic about this album that he's decided to play his first proper club tour in two years. This from a guy who hates flying, goes bananas sitting in the van, and who has turned down tours with Radiohead and the Strokes. Give Brown Submarine a spin or two - it'll make you feel like a kid again, too.

Or go ahead, ignore Boston Spaceships and keep yourself busy finding the next Vampire Weekend, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or Ned's Atomic Dustbin. But if you save this album on your shelf and pull it out a few years from now, we guarantee it will make you very very happy...
Oh, SNAP!

MP3: Boston Spaceships - "Go For The Exit"

Brown Submarine is due September 9th on Guided By Voices Inc.

Posted on 06/17/2008 | Comments(165) | Permalink

Robert Pollard Mines Old GBV Tapes For Latest Release

Guided By Voices Another year, another batch of mediocre Robert Pollard records... Not so fast, son! What's got us all hot freaked and nostalgic for 1994 is this news from the Rockathon Records website concerning Pollard's forthcoming Superman Was A Rocker:
Bob recently poured through a bunch of old cassette tapes of his and found some great instrumentals that he either wrote or co-wrote, and never used. He decided to go into the studio and put vocals (and melodies!) over them. The music spans a 20+ year period

Due to the span of time and body of work from which the clips were accessed, many of the classic GBV alumni appear on this album; Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Doug Gillard, Nate Farley.
Here's a preview of a track Bob co-wrote with late-era Guided By Voices drummer, Kevin March.

MP3: Robert Pollard - "Love Your Spaceman"

Superman Was A Rocker Tracklist:

1. Another Man's Blood
2. Go Down First
3. Back to the Farm
4. Substitute Heaven
5. Prince Alphabet
6. You Drove the Snake Crazy
7. Surveillance
8. Fascination Attempt
9. Love Your Spaceman
10. Jumping
11. St. Leroy
12. Peacock
13. More Hot Dogs Please

Posted on 01/08/2008 | Comments(24) | Permalink
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