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that's coolbarclocksays3am wrote:I`m a big GBV fan but they never did anything really spectacular since Under The Bushes Under The Stars.Since then Uncle Bobby just seems to come up with a few choice tunes and the rest average to forgetable.Alien Lanes,B1000,Vampire On Titus,Propeller,Same Place The Fly Got Smashed,and Sandbox are so good I`m sure I`ll love them the rest of my life.
personally, i think Universal Truths & Cycles, Isolation Drills, Earthquake Glue, From a Compound Eye and Half Smiles are every bit as great as anything outside the holy trinity of alien lanes, b000 and under the bushes.
and some of the mid-period solo stuff - lexo & the leapers, choreographed man of war, speak kindly, motel of fools, the incredibly underrated fiction man - is in that league too
but this new stuff? shockingly bad to my ears
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hardwood floor wrote:opinion?el caballo loco wrote:
i find it borderline unlistenable, yet another in an endless series of horribly thin, boring, irrelevant, musically hapless pollard projects
really his last great record was From a Compound Eye and his last good one was keene brothers. this from somebody who put out like 40 straight magical releases from vampire/propeller all the way through Half Smiles & FaCE
i'm just stunned how a guy i consider the most inventive songwriter / arranger / performer / in pop music history can release record after record of completely vapid songs. this one may be even more forgettable than the last few
sad
I`m a big GBV fan but they never did anything really spectacular since Under The Bushes Under The Stars.Since then Uncle Bobby just seems to come up with a few choice tunes and the rest average to forgetable.Alien Lanes,B1000,Vampire On Titus,Propeller,Same Place The Fly Got Smashed,and Sandbox are so good I`m sure I`ll love them the rest of my life.
Listening to:PJ Harvey/John Parish-Dance Hall At Louse Point(not her best for sure but better than Uh Huh Her though)
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I'm a fairly casual Pollard/GBV fan. I really like Compound and Crickets. As for his GBV output, I'm fairly green. I like Earwig, Alien, and Bee. I wouldn't really say I have that much of any expectations when it comes to his work. I like Business. It's more polished than his older stuff, but it's a solid listen.hardwood floor wrote:opinion?el caballo loco wrote: