New Album from "Classic" GBV Lineup

FT · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:10 pm

http://www.avclub.com/articles/guided-by-voices-classic-lineup-will-release-its-f,62073/

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The "classic" mid-'90s lineup of Guided By Voices—the one with Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, the striped pants-wearing dervish Greg Demos, and of course Robert Pollard—has been touring for a year, supposedly wrapping up its reunion jaunt earlier this month at the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, N.C. But the band has at least one more trick to pull before it wanders off into the sunset: A new album, Let's Go Eat The Factory, is set for release on Jan. 1, 2012. It is the first GBV album with this lineup since 1996's masterful Under The Bushes, Under The Stars.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:24 pm

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/guided-by-voices-announces-new-lp-lets-go-eat-the-factory/

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Remember how Guided By Voices bummed everyone out by announcing their final show? Well, Hopscotch has come and gone. Yet, we’re still writing about Robert Pollard & Co., namely because they’re planning on releasing a new album. No, we’re not kidding. Titled Let’s Go Eat the Factory, the group’s 16th studio effort features the original lineup - Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell – and 21 tracks, all due for release on January 1st. No word on any singles sprouting up yet, but we do have a tracklist for you below (via Mojo).

Mark it down: Let’s Go Eat the Factory arrives January 1st, 2012.

Let’s Go Eat the Factory Tracklist
01. Laundry And Lasers
02. The Head
03. Doughnut For A Snowman
04. Spiderfighter
05. Hang Mr. Kite
06. God Loves Us
07. The Unsinkable Fats Domino
08. Who Invented The Sun
09. The Big Hat And Toy Show
10. Imperial Racehorsing
11. How I Met My Mother
12. Wave
13. My Europa
14. Chocolate Boy
15. The Things That Never Need
16. Either Nelson
17. Cyclone Utilities (Remember Your Birthday)
18. Old Bones
19. Go Rolling Home
20. The Room Taking Shape
21. We Won’t Apologize For The Human Race

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:49 pm

Some typically great song titles there

mcaputo · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:54 am

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:08 am

Really looking forward to this.

robotboy · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:43 am

i can't stop masturbating

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:44 pm

robotboy Wrote:

i can't stop masturbating

Yet another great GBV song title

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:45 pm

I have only heard one GBV song that I know of, Glad Girls, and it's great pop rock.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:50 pm

Apparently there are two records coming out -

January 1 - Mailorder (January 24 in stores) - Guided By Voices "Let's Go Eat The Factory"
May 22 - Guided By Voices "Class Clown Spots A UFO"

aerodynamics · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:59 pm

God is smiling down on us.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I have only heard one GBV song that I know of, Glad Girls, and it's great pop rock.

well you should check out a few more of the 8,459,763,343 other songs.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:52 am

mcaputo Wrote:

Apparently there are two records coming out -

January 1 - Mailorder (January 24 in stores) - Guided By Voices "Let's Go Eat The Factory"
May 22 - Guided By Voices "Class Clown Spots A UFO"

Classic lineup; classic titles.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:35 am

jewels santana Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I have only heard one GBV song that I know of, Glad Girls, and it's great pop rock.

well you should check out a few more of the 8,459,763,343 other songs.

One of those things I've always meant to get around to.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:48 am

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I have only heard one GBV song that I know of, Glad Girls, and it's great pop rock.

well you should check out a few more of the 8,459,763,343 other songs.

One of those things I've always meant to get around to.

To help, here are two of my favorites:

EDIT:
For my favorite Toby song:

seafoam · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:05 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I have only heard one GBV song that I know of, Glad Girls, and it's great pop rock.

well you should check out a few more of the 8,459,763,343 other songs.

One of those things I've always meant to get around to.

some would say a daunting task, but worth it

seriously the best of is a good place to start or maybe someone here has a worthy comp to put up

I only have about 4 albums out of the panoply, probably own more Tobin Sprout actuallly

FT · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:26 pm

seafoam Wrote:

the best of is a good place to start or maybe someone here has a worthy comp to put up

i just recently put together a mix CD containing what i consider their best stuff not included on the greatest hits album

i'll try and get it posted here later today - been meaning to share

i'm torn on whether or not to title it "a queen's prize awaits" (from "fair touching") or "a miracle cure for my sorrow" (from "everybody thinks i'm a raincloud (when i'm not looking)")

which is better?

FT · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:31 pm

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spoiler alert (i just revealed two of the 36 songs on my CD)

at some point, i'd really like to tackle the challenge of compiling a best of from the solo pollard albums

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:46 pm

FT Wrote:

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spoiler alert (i just revealed two of the 36 songs on my CD)

at some point, i'd really like to tackle the challenge of compiling a best of from the solo pollard albums

I have one comp for every year from '06 - '11
If you count all the side projects that's about 5-6 releases a year.

This would include -

Solo Pollard - 12
Boston Spaceships - 5
Circus Devils - 5
Side projects & collaborations - 9

Whew

FT · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:59 am

Here's my GBV mix CD:

http://www.box.net/shared/ujy9br91kjd9i6nkr5cp

robotboy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:00 am

FT Wrote:

seafoam Wrote:

the best of is a good place to start or maybe someone here has a worthy comp to put up

i just recently put together a mix CD containing what i consider their best stuff not included on the greatest hits album

i'll try and get it posted here later today - been meaning to share

i'm torn on whether or not to title it "a queen's prize awaits" (from "fair touching") or "a miracle cure for my sorrow" (from "everybody thinks i'm a raincloud (when i'm not looking)")

which is better?

neither.

it's "gumming the fun tunnel"

robotboy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:03 am

FT Wrote:

Here's my GBV mix CD:

http://www.box.net/shared/ujy9br91kjd9i6nkr5cp

we need to get you some of the OLDER older stuff

seafoam · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:01 am

FT Wrote:

Here's my GBV mix CD:

http://www.box.net/shared/ujy9br91kjd9i6nkr5cp

Looking forward to check this out. I only have early stuff so this will go well. Thanks.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

PopTodd Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I have only heard one GBV song that I know of, Glad Girls, and it's great pop rock.

well you should check out a few more of the 8,459,763,343 other songs.

One of those things I've always meant to get around to.

To help, here are two of my favorites:

EDIT:
For my favorite Toby song:

holy fuck i love smothered in hugs.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

god damn it, how do i post youtube here?

aerodynamics · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:31 am

FT Wrote:

at some point, i'd really like to tackle the challenge of compiling a best of from the solo pollard albums

probably something like:

Port Authority
Girl Named Captain
Good Luck Sailor
She Saw the Shadow
Their Biggest Win
Beaten By the Target
Flat Beauty
Red Ink Superman
Fairly Blacking Out
Hell for Humor
7th Level Shutdown
Powerblessings
Tight Globes
Kickboxer Lightning
Submarine Teams
Paradise Style
Far-out Crops
Pick Seeds From My Skull
Subspace Biographies
Rumbling Joker

Just 20. It's kind of a fool's errand anyway. One could make a million compilations with different songs and they'd all be obscenely top shelf.

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