Lunar Vacation - Everything Matters, Everything's Fire - Fire Red - VINYL LP

As one would expect of any historic city, the house in Decatur GA are old, and while many have been renovated to suit the needs of the 21st centuary family, the one Lunar Vacation calls home has not. The porch is quaint and crumbly, the roof leaks, and there is a single bathroom shared by te band's five members who insists that this is not, actually, a bad thing. InchI used to be so protective of the songs when I gave them over to the band,Inch lyricist/vocalist/guitarist Gep Repasky syas. InchThere's so much trust involved, but this house helped us grow us best friends, as musicians, as a band.Inch

Styles We Paid For is Guided by Voices' third album of 2020 and it stands as a testament to this Year In Isolation, reflecting these dark days through Robert Pollard's prism, with the band sounding as confident and authoritative as ever. The fifteen tracks were recorded remotely during quarantine from five states (Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Tennessee) to comprise GBV's ninth album since 2017.Pollard's searing vocals hold center stage, with endless melodic invention and impeccable phrasing. The massively crescendo-ing opening track InchMegaphone RileyInch seems to be inspired by a diabolical politician-in-chief, and like an indie-rock Nostradamus, presciently highlights the InchJumbo VirusInch, while in the final couplet of the album closer InchWhen Growing Was SimpleInch Pollard urges InchDon't drink and drive / stay at home and eatInch. Other album highlights include include Big Rock standouts like the incredibly hooky InchMr. ChildInch with the band in full arena rock power swing, while the titular protagonist is mentioned by name no less than sixteen times; the touching beauty and lyrical relevance of InchStopsInch and the majestically elegant InchIn Calculus StratagemInch, a bubbly pop rock joyride in InchCrash at Lake PlaceboInch; the subtle current-day technological observations of InchThey Don't Play The Drums AnymoreInch and the sleek InchElectronic Windows To NowhereInch (written by a man who owns neither a smart phone or a computer). It's notably heavy in it's worldliness, lyrical content, texture, and approach-and rides out like a cinematic journey of the bizarro world one find oneself in.While other bands have been napping, GBV have achieved their second consecutive hat-trick (three albums per annum), and have further cemented their status as rock legends for achieving more in this bleak year then most bands do across their entire careers.

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