Cool Planet, by Guided By Voices

Cool Planet

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	1.	Authoritarian Zoo 02:21
	2.	Fast Crawl 01:41
	3.	Psychotic Crush 01:22
	4.	Costume Makes the Man 02:03
	5.	Hat of Flames 01:32
	6.	These Dooms 02:00
	7.	Table at Fool's Tooth 01:21
	8.	All American Boy 03:45
	9.	You Get Every Game 02:07
	10.	Pan Swimmer 01:01
	11.	The Bone Church 02:14
	12.	Bad Love is Easy to Do 02:05
	13.	The No Doubters 02:36
	14.	Narrated By Paul 01:06
	15.	Cream of Lung 01:14
	16.	Males of Wormwood Mars 02:53
	17.	Ticket to Hide 03:03
	18.	Cool Planet 01:55

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Here we have another wineskin full of great songs to listen to, recorded in a single proper studio - Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio - for the first time since their inexhaustible reformation. There's some unusually consistent and consistently awesome production on Cool Planet, thanks to the array of vintage equipment on offer at Cyberteknics.

Cool Planet has a weighty crunch that will lay you flat, which is perhaps also in part due to the addition of ex-late-version GBV tub-thumper Kevin March on drums.

Robert Pollard has talked in recent months about having refined his approach to songwriting (as if that was a thing that needed to happen) and the tunes he's written for Cool Planet stack up against the best he's ever done, including the hard hitting title track, which is just begging to be played live. Guitarist Tobin Sprout steps up with (among others) a Bowie-esque number ("Psychotic Crush") and a Beatle-esque number ("All American Boy") - it should be noted that Tobin recorded his songs for the most part at his home studio in Leland, Michigan, but they fit like Legos in the plastic palace of Cool Planet.

Look what Guided By Voices have done for the world since reforming in 2010. Six high-quality, full-length albums in less than four years. And that's not counting EPs, singles, tours, or solo records. If the sorry state of the present day indie- alt- or just plain rock landscape is the disease, GBV is the cure! Do not take in moderation.

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released May 19, 2014

Robert Pollard - vocals, guitar
Tobin Sprout - guitar, vocals
Mitch Mitchell - guitar
Greg Demos - bass
Kevin March - drums

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Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983 at the Northridge High School, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard. Guided by Voices initially disbanded in 2004. ... more

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