đŸ”„ Hot Freaks: the Guided By Voices Listening Club (Final results time! 40 album ranking list! Freedom! - post 2160)

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2041

powering onwards with WELSHPOOL FRILLIES

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2042

well i had no thoughts on La La Land despite listening a good 3 times over the week 
 will come back and drop something later this week

weirdly I already feel like i recognise a good handful from WF, despite barely remembering ever listening to it before. Really strong opener too! That’s one of the best in that style that they’ve done imho

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2043

this might have something to do with these tracks instantly appealing more to my ears

unlike their previous releases that were mostly recorded at a New Jersey studio, the band’s producer Travis Harrison instead recorded this live to tape in a Brooklyn basement.

2044

Need to get back to the last couple. Welshpool Frillies is
fine. 6/10 overall. Why Won’t You Kiss Me the best song by a long way, classic GBV stomper.

2045

:pray:

2046

first listen puts it as the best album since Poppy Field for me - incidentally, their last pre-lockdown album

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2047

cool that is was reviewed by mywelshpool.co.uk too
US rock band names new album after Welshpool - mywelshpool

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2048

This listening club has certainly boosted GBV in my Last.fm stats! A year ago I’m not sure they even appeared in this table.

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2049

they’ve crossed 10,000 plays for me after this year 


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2050

:astonished:

2051

Listening to Tremblers And Goggles By Rank. My memory was right, this is actually a decent one. Good opener.

I remembered Alex Bell being rubbish but I think it’s cos I always remember the rubbish midsection (the “walking down Alex Bell” bit) but the rest of the song is decent. I downloaded the single of this and Focus on the Flock on Bandcamp when it came out so should listen to that more.

My attention still drifts at times, I don’t love it all, but 10 tracks is unusually nice and concise. Like the outro to the closer.

Not a world changing album but a lot more interesting that Crystal Nun’s Cathedral, has a bit more individual character to it rather than straight up more of the same.

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2052

knew you’d like the opener, like a bigger version of Laundry and Lasers from LGETF

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2053

No chat while I was off the grid? For shame!

2054

not 100% relevant to the listening club but:

I had a dream last night that I was working at a GBV-themed restaurant called “Let’s Go Eat Factory”, and every dish and drink was named after a GBV song, but in practice this meant there were thousands of options, the menu was dozens of pages long and it was a really stressful experience for staff and customers alike.

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2055

Let’s have some delayed polls

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  • Meet the Star
  • Cruisers’ Cross
  • Romeo Surgeon
  • Chain Dance
  • Why Won’t You Kiss Me?
  • Animal Concentrate
  • Cats on Heat
  • Mother Mirth
  • Don’t Blow Your Dream Job
  • Awake Man
  • Rust Belt Boogie
  • Seedling
  • Better Odds
  • Radioactive Pigeons
  • Welshpool Frillies
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2056

Wonderful post

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2057

Thought I’d listened to it and just already forgotten everything about it, but looking at that track listing I’m not sure I even managed that (was away too most of the week though
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2058

It’s a good one imho!

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2059

I really hope people come back with thoughts on WF since I liked it so much! But we still have a schedule so 
 NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP

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2060

I def will! Had a hectic week/weekend. And want to have a proper sit with the album.

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