{"id":26467,"date":"2019-09-26T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=26467"},"modified":"2019-09-30T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:23:01","slug":"guided-by-voices-to-release-new-album-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/09\/26\/guided-by-voices-to-release-new-album-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided by Voices to Release New Album in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\tDayton band and early \u201890s \u201clo-fi pioneers,\u201d Guided by Voices (known as GBV by fans) are set to release their newest album in October. \u201cSweating the Plague\u201d the band\u2019s 29th album and third this year, will release Oct. 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFormed in the \u201880s by brothers and Northmont graduates Robert Pollard and Jim Pollard (who would later depart the band) the band played locally at pubs and music venues while the members of the band worked day jobs around the Dayton community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tRobert Pollard, himself a Wright State graduate, worked as an elementary school teacher throughout the early years of the bands existence, a thought that, if you knew the band\u2019s raucous on-stage personas, is surprising and somewhat hilarious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The image of a middle-aged man doing The Who-inspired bursts of exaltation and performing high kicks also teaching kids about Paul Revere and contractions has always been a great, hilarious juxtaposition in my mind\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their early albums, often inspired by other indie bands like R.E.M. or by British Invasion bands like The Who or The Beatles were all recorded on DIY equipment, the band using a 4-track machine regularly to create a sound that seemed homemade and simultaneously had melodies that could sit alongside some of the best acts of their time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their breakthrough album, \u201892\u2019s \u201cPropellor\u201d saw them finally reaching success, just as they had planned to end their musical careers, the album recorded as a swan song that found them gaining airplay on college rock radio stations alongside bands like Sonic Youth, R.E.M. and fellow Daytonian-led band The Breeders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim Deal, former bass player for \u201880s indie rock band The Pixies, a band that Nirvana credited as a major influence, fronted The Breeders as is a Dayton native and friend of GBV frontman Robert Pollard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band grew in popularity among the college radio scene with \u201894\u2019s \u201cBee Thousand,\u201d an album that many consider to be the band\u2019s best, if not one of their best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs with Big Star, the beauty of GBV\u2019s music cocoons \u2014 and so triumphs over \u2014 its own root sadness, like an oyster building a pearl around an irritating grain of sand,\u201d said Rolling Stone music reviewer, Michael Azerrad about \u201cBee Thousand\u201d in his review in Aug. 1994. \u201cIn the jubilant climax of \u2018Echos Myron,\u2019 Pollard\u2019s voice radiates a downright heroic melancholy as he sings, \u2018And we\u2019re finally here\/And, s***, yeah, it\u2019s cool,\u2019 and then can\u2019t help but add \u2018or something like that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after another landmark (and personal favorite) album \u201cUnder the Bushes Under the Stars\u201d was released in 1996 the band broke up, or rather, many of the original members were let go and replaced by members of glam rock band Cobra Verde a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though many people consider this to be another high water mark for the band, as albums like \u201cUniversal Truths and Cycles,\u201d \u201cIsolation Drills,\u201d \u201cEarthquake Glue\u201d and \u201cDo the Collapse\u201d (which was produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, who had previously produced albums by the likes of Weezer) were released during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band ultimately broke up for real in 2004, with their final album (at the time) being \u201cHalf Smiles of the Decomposed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\tBut Pollard, ever the prolific writer, reformed the band with the \u201coriginal line-up\u201d in 2012, releasing seven albums between 2012 and 2016, three of which came out the first year of their reforming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tDuring the break-up and during GBV\u2019s reforming Pollard continued writing solo music as well as forming and releasing music with several other bands, including Boston Spaceships, which was a \u201csuper-group\u201d of sorts, featuring member John Moen of Portland-based indie rock band The Decemberists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tBoston Spaceships take their name from a colloquialism for Boston creme donuts created by Pollard himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThe band\u2019s \u201coriginal line-up\u201d consisted of Centerville graduate, and long-time band member and co-songwriter Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell and Kevin Fennell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSprout himself, an accomplished songwriter and solo artist, has since moved to northern Michigan and creates art. Tim Allen, of \u201cToy Story\u201d and TV\u2019s \u201cHome Improvement\u201d is a big fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThough the \u201coriginal line-up\u201d has since left the band, replaced again by several former members from Cobra Verda and a handful of others, the band continues to tour and release albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThis October\u2019s release marks the current line-up\u2019s seventh release together, since 2016, as Pollard always has a bevy of songs ready to be recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tLast summer they headlined Yellow Springs\u2019 annual \u201cSpringfest\u201d and earlier this year they played in downtown Dayton at \u201cHeadfest,\u201d raising $20,000 for victims of the Memorial Day tornadoes and the Oregon District Shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tPollard, now well into his sixties, shows no signs of slowing down, as the band continues to release new material and tour regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Foltz<\/strong>
Executive Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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