STYLES WE PAID FOR

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GBV’s third album of 2020 is in stores and streaming in December.

“I finished the demos on February 29th and sent them to the band. I was planning on an all-analog album entitled Before Computers. The pandemic obviously changed our recording plans and ironically it was all recorded digitally on computers. The band members recorded their parts in isolation in five different states.” - Robert Pollard

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MIRRORED AZTEC

The 30th GBV album, in stores August 21st, 2020.

“‘This is an upbeat, bright pop album (it’s still weird) that is important because it marks Guided By Voices’ 30th album,’ Pollard says. The band released the track ‘Haircut Sphinx’ Tuesday via Rolling Stone. A guitar-heavy, old-school rock song, the track combines GBV’s characteristic off-the-wall imagery (what, exactly, is a haircut sphinx?) with some serious riffs.”

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NoonChorus Web Concert Announced

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Guided By Voices are famous for throwing multi-hour, beer-drenched shows and it seems as though they’re not letting the pandemic stop them.

The band is playing a concert on Friday, July 17th, in an empty venue in frontman Robert Pollard’s hometown of Dayton, Ohio, which fans will be able to livestream starting at 5 p.m. EST. Tickets are on sale now. Twenty percent of ticket sales will go to venues the band has played over the years to help keep them afloat during COVID-19. “It will be like a sporting event without the crowd,” Pollard tells Rolling Stone. “Maybe it’s not quite the same thrill as having a crowd but it’s the next best thing.”

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