This is probably the copy to get if you want this album on vinyl. Guided by voices discography 1986 forever since breakfast ep i wanna 1987 devil between my toes lp scat records. After toiling for a decade in obscurity, they broke onto the scene in the early 90s, delivering generation and genredefining records including 1994s bee thousand and 1995s alien lanes. Guided by voices are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic alien lanes with a special edition of the album. Alien lanes is a 1995 album by lofi band guided by voices, their eighth fulllength album. Pollardsprout disarm the settlers the new drunk drivers have hoisted the flag we are with you in your anger proud brothers do not fret the bus will get you there yet to carry us to the lake the club is open yeah, the club is open hey, the club is open acome on, come on, the club is open cmon, cmon, the club. Guided by voices, led indefatigable singer and songwriter robert pollard, have been one of the most important cult bands of the past twentyfive years. Weve got an exclusive stream of guided by voices latest. Download gbv guided by voices classic lineup albums. I grew up in columbus, oh, only a pabstsplash away from guided by voices hometown, dayton. What i like about alien lanes is the musical production and the sound, which is like a throwback to the 1960s. There are 28 tracks on this disc, most just over a minute in length, all tempting you to pull out the old air guitar and dance.
Alien lanes 25th anniversary edition matador records store. The new album includes the original 33track sequence for bee thousand, another recordsworth of tracks that werent. Nate farley alien lanes tour roadie, eventual gbv guitarist. Go back to vampire, propeller, and even earlier stuff if you want, and then listen in order starting with under the bushes. The genius of this is that the album is a bombardment of staggeringly good songs, with nothing less than the staggeringly good anywhere to be found. Its also teasing warp and woof with two pairs of limitededition, vinylonly 7 eps. I used to be a huge gbv head in high school, and i kind of grew out of it a little bit in college mostly just via general fatigue with some of the increasing formalgeneric sameiness of indie pop. Watch the guided by voices documentary watch me jumpstart. But their best album, 1995s alien lanes which turns 25 this month runs much deeper than a bottle of miller lite.
We have rescheduled gbv s spring tour dates, and well continue to do so in the weeks to come if necessary. Twentyone years of hunting accidents in the forests of rock and roll the advance for the record was close to a hundred thousand dollars. More than any other gbv record, this album works as a cohesive whole, with each song bleeding into the next, and even the smallest shards, like the 20second cigarette tricks, constituting memorable, fully realized songs. Guided by voices alien lanes lyrics and tracklist genius. A limited edition guided by voices keyring bottle opener, based on an original 1995 design, will be available to bundle with copies of the alien lanes 25th anniversary lp exclusively through the matador webstores while stocks last. Guided by voices announce 25th anniversary reissue of. The collection features selections ranging from the early song captains dead, from devil between my toes to 2003s the best of jill hives. Alien lanes, the first gbv album issued through matador, features a total of 28 songs, including game of pricks, motor away, pimple zoo, and exsupermodel. The classic guided by voices album alien lanes is getting a big reissue from matador, and to promote it theyve put the documentary watch me jumpstart up on youtube. Guided by voices classic record gets a makeover on this vinylonly release. Guided by voices alien lanes will be getting the reissue treatment. At the time, a lot of music in dayton had a little more of a hardcore sound, maybe with a metal edge to it. Guided by voices alien lanes is a cry of determination. Whilst other musicians could easily spin out the key ideas and workings of much of alien lanes into creations twice, three times as long, guided by voices like to keep it snappy.
Guided by voices albums from worst to best stereogum. From the opening bassline of a salty salute gbv s drinking song, through my favorite guided by voices track of all time my valuable hunting knife, and up to the brilliant closer alright, alien lanes is pure rock n roll gold. By 1995 the band had made the jump from regional indie label scat records to. But even to those whose guided by voices education was a rite of passage, the 19album discography is enormously daunting. The album was gbv s first release with matador records. The bands label describes warp and woof as a blast of scrappy breakneck rock n roll, saying in a press release that it exuberantly barrels through 24 songs in just 37 minutes with a brevity similar to mid90s gbv albums alien lanes and vampire on titus. Alien lanes to be reissued on vinyl for 25th anniversary. In their almost thirty years of existence, guided by voices have proven.
There are the early releases, with only a hundred or so album presses each, when gbv tried to work out whether it wanted to be a punk band, an rem janglepop band, or a noise outfit. Gbv guided by voices classic lineup albums 1992 propeller cover. Revisits guided by voices alien lanes the strokes guitarist talks about the classic records influence. The guided by voices lineup would quickly change as the years went by, and many fans of the group long for the days when this specific lineup and albums like alien lanes were the norm for the band. Probably my second favorite gbv album, but this one really does have my favorite songs by the band. All of the favorable press was showered upon bee thousand, but most fans will tell you that alien lanes is the culmination. Limited to a one time press of 2,500 copies, presale for this exclusive edition is available via the matador store. Alien lanes is the eighth fulllength album by american lofi band guided by voices, released on april 4, 1995 the album was gbv s first release with matador records. Inspired by the multicolored drumhead featured on the albums artwork, this new edition is pressed on blue, green and red multicolored vinyl making it the first nonexclusive color vinyl edition of this release. Matador records announces 25th anniversary edition of. After 1994s charmingly sloppy bee thousand gained guided by voices a nationwide cult following instead of the local cult following they were accustomed to, 1995s alien lanes found robert pollard and his partners in hard pop cleaning up their act a bit. Guided by voices alien lanes gets 25th anniversary vinyl reissue. This saturday april 4 will mark 25 years since the release of guided by voices alien lanes, and to mark the occasion, the ohio outfit are.
Matador records announced that the bands album will be the first in. Shop alien lanes gbv fan typography design alien lanes tshirts designed by dankfutura as well as other alien lanes merchandise at teepublic. Albums include bee thousand, alien lanes, and under the bushes under the stars. As pollard sings on a salty salute, from 1995s alien lanes, cmon, cmon. Its the bands ninth album and second since being unearthed from the rich ohio clay a year or two ago. But sometimes the truth glimmers through, as it does on game of pricks the best song on the best gbv album, alien lanes, and therefore possibly the best gbv. The album was gbvs first release with matador records. Guided by voices tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including i am a scientist, hold on hope, game of pricks, as we go up we go down, echoes myron.
Guided by voices gbv watch me jumpstart alien lanes by toshaandthomas. Gbv are absurdly prolific indie stalwarts whose love of brash, wholike melodies and lofi aesthetics made them semifamous. Guided by voices treat alien lanes to 25th anniversary. Sun jul 12 winnipeg folk festival winnipeg, mb cancelled. Bee thousand, thanks to many early supporters of gbv chavez, the breeders, et al, created a huge buzz around the indie world. Human amusements at hourly rates is a greatesthits collection from dayton, ohio rock group guided by voices. Fans of guided by voices put their support behind various albums when concerning the greatest gbv album of all time. Yet i found out about guided by voices like much of the rest of. To me, its about noting the seemingly insurmountable barrier around your life, screwing up your courage, and blasting through that. A salty silver salute to magnets pick for the best album of 1995. Guided by voices alien lanes 2009, 180 gram, vinyl discogs. A limited edition guided by voices keyring bottle opener, based on an original 1995 design, will be available to bundle with copies of the alien lanes 25th.
Guided by voices will mark the 25th anniversary of their 1995 lp alien lanes with a new reissue via matador records revisionist history series released april 4th, 1995, alien lanes was the. Were very pleased to be hosting a free download of new guided by. Guided by voices released alien lanes 25 year ago today. Matador records has announced its reissuing guided by voices 1995 album alien lanes as the first installment of its revisionist history. Riven by addictions and family problems, guided by voices late blooming was a doubleedged sword. Alien lanes main releases play surrender your poppy field guided by voices play sweating the plague guided by voices play. I am not alone when i throw my support behind the perfect under the bushes under the stars.
Twentyone years of hunting accidents in the forests of rock and roll the advance for. Its surprising what a difference it makes when a musician knows someone will actually be hearing his work. V ampire on titus, propeller, alien lanes, bee thousand, and sometimes even mag earwhig. So why, after 15 years, has the classic lineup reunited, asks stevie chick. Guided by voices will mark the 25th anniversary of their 1995 lp alien lanes with a new reissue via matador records revisionist history series. Guided by voices, the mascots of antihero rock and fourtrack hackery, chart another couple afternoons in their basement on alien lanes. Guided by voices announces new album, surrender your. We have rescheduled gbvs spring tour dates, and well continue to do so in the weeks to come if necessary. Guided by voices prep 25th anniversary edition of alien. Longrunning band led by robert pollard who revolutionized indie rock with everevolving lofi pop created by a rotating cast. Mag earwhig marks the beginning of the doug gillard era, and it seems youve already heard isolation drills, which is great. Stay tuned for updatesand we hope to see you all again soon fri jul 10 fine line music hall minneapolis, mn. Alien lanes is the eighth fulllength album by american lofi band guided by voices, released on april 4, 1995.
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