On the umpteenth album by GBV, Bob Pollard has returned with yet another new lineup. Joined by former drummer Kevin March, Bobby Bare Jr., and two new recruits, Pollard continues his reign of doing whatever the hell he wants. On these dozen plus tracks, the sound mostly stays the same as it always has on GBV records.<\/p>\n
\u201cKid On A Ladder\u201d has a classic indie rock feel and would\u2019ve been a huge track back in the \u201890s. \u201cCome On Mr. Christian\u201d is very laidback and has a riff to last for days. That ever present lo-fi sound is omnipresent on this disc, particularly on tracks like \u201cThe Caterpillar Workforce\u201d and \u201cGlittering Parliaments.\u201d Ardent, longtime fans shouldn\u2019t be worried; this isn\u2019t another Do The Collapse<\/i>, instead it\u2019s another slice of what Pollard and his ever-evolving crew have been doing for 30 years now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHotel X (Big Soap)\u201d and \u201cThe Quickers Arrive\u201d are two of the best tracks here and stylistically, they feel right at home with something GBV would\u2019ve done back in their \u201890s heyday. It\u2019s amazing to think after all these years that Pollard can still write such amazingly great songs and still does it all his way.<\/p>\n
In the end, this record ends up being one of the coolest indie rock records of the year. According to the press release, Pollard recorded everything by himself, intending it to be a solo record. Yet to him, it sounded like a GBV record, so he decided to put the band back together once more. Knowing all that, the record still feels fresh and focused. Once the band gets back on the road and makes a true GBV \u2018band\u2019 record, one can only wonder how long the lineup will last. Until then, enjoy one of the more refreshing records in this band\u2019s dynamic and awe-inspiring catalogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6240],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44513","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-guided-by-voices","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44513"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}