Guided By Voices Share "Low Flying Perfection" Video On Brooklyn Vegan | October U.S. Tour
GUIDED BY VOICES SHARE "LOW FLYING PERFECTION" VIDEO VIA BROOKLYN VEGAN
OCTOBER U.S. TOUR
'HOW DO YOU SPELL HEAVEN' OUT NOW
Watch & Share: Guided By Voices - "Low Flying Perfection"
Listen & Share: Guided By Voices - 'How Do You Spell Heaven'
Listen & Share: Guided By Voices - "Just To Show You"Brooklyn Vegan has shared the video for "Low Flying Perfection", the 13th track off of their recently released LP "How Do You Spell Heaven". Last Saturday the band played Pitchfork's Octfest in Brooklyn and will continue to tour the U.S. through October.
The video was directed by Sean Cannon and Chris Witzke. Cannon, host of WFPK’s The Guestlist radio show / podcast from Louisville, states: "The narrative for this video hit me all at once, with most of the scenes fully formed in my head. You don't always get that lucky. I realized pretty quickly the visuals would match the intensity, immediacy, and intimacy of "Low Flying Perfection." We rushed out to the woods armed with nothing but a camera and an ax. Two hours later, Chris and I captured this story.”
Guided By Voices is on a roll. You could argue, but please don't because I have a headache, that GBV is never not on a roll, that Robert Pollard's output plows past the word "prolific" like prolific is standing still in a snowbank; and that's true, but this new version of the band (Doug Gillard, Bobby Bare Jr, Mark Shue, Kevin March) has given Pollard new tools to complement his song-hammer. Thus, ergo, quod erat demonstrandum: roll.
Hot on the heels of the smothered-in-plaudits double album August By Cake comes this hot and heavy fifteen-tune long player, a melody-dense thwack to the earholes that will both energize you and deplete your body of its remaining music-appreciation enzymes. Recorded by the band in New York, and by Bob in Ohio, How Do You Spell Heaven capitalizes on the current incarnation's tour-buffed shine without sacrificing eternal GBV verities such as but not limited to: off-kilter rhythmic jolts; krazy chords; purposefully imperfect harmonies; and fragmented structures that start and stop on a coin of small denomination and go somewhere else, and quickly.
For example: Leadoff track "The Birthday Democrats" features a surfeit of pop hooks and swaggering sure-footed wordplay before dissolving like a perfect dream into Beatles-esque sound collage. "King 007" starts off like an acoustic demo from Tommy before shifting gears into a galloping riff-driven hyperspace guitar battle, before pivoting back to some kind of weirdo hybrid of the two… and then stops short just when you think you've got the thing pinned down. "Pearly Gates Smoke Machine" opens like the best thing Marc Bolan ne
There's more, much more, but you know that already. The easiest, laziest way to sum up Guided By Voices' latest album, the move we can't fail to resist making, is the most obvious: How do you spell heaven? Shout it from the rafters: G-B-V!
Guided By Voices Tour Dates:
10/6 – Lexington KY – The Burl
10/7 – Marengo OH – Hoof Hearted Brewery
10/14 – Columbia SC – The Jam Room Music Festival -* FREE*
10/24 – Omaha NE – The Waiting Room
10/25 – Denver CO – Bluebird Theater
10/27 – Las Vegas NV – The Bunkhouse Saloon
10/28-29 – The Growlers Six Fest – Los Angeles, CA – L.A. Water Front
OCTOBER U.S. TOUR
'HOW DO YOU SPELL HEAVEN' OUT NOW
Watch & Share: Guided By Voices - "Low Flying Perfection"Listen & Share: Guided By Voices - 'How Do You Spell Heaven'
Listen & Share: Guided By Voices - "Just To Show You"Brooklyn Vegan has shared the video for "Low Flying Perfection", the 13th track off of their recently released LP "How Do You Spell Heaven". Last Saturday the band played Pitchfork's Octfest in Brooklyn and will continue to tour the U.S. through October.
The video was directed by Sean Cannon and Chris Witzke. Cannon, host of WFPK’s The Guestlist radio show / podcast from Louisville, states: "The narrative for this video hit me all at once, with most of the scenes fully formed in my head. You don't always get that lucky. I realized pretty quickly the visuals would match the intensity, immediacy, and intimacy of "Low Flying Perfection." We rushed out to the woods armed with nothing but a camera and an ax. Two hours later, Chris and I captured this story.”
Guided By Voices is on a roll. You could argue, but please don't because I have a headache, that GBV is never not on a roll, that Robert Pollard's output plows past the word "prolific" like prolific is standing still in a snowbank; and that's true, but this new version of the band (Doug Gillard, Bobby Bare Jr, Mark Shue, Kevin March) has given Pollard new tools to complement his song-hammer. Thus, ergo, quod erat demonstrandum: roll.
Hot on the heels of the smothered-in-plaudits double album August By Cake comes this hot and heavy fifteen-tune long player, a melody-dense thwack to the earholes that will both energize you and deplete your body of its remaining music-appreciation enzymes. Recorded by the band in New York, and by Bob in Ohio, How Do You Spell Heaven capitalizes on the current incarnation's tour-buffed shine without sacrificing eternal GBV verities such as but not limited to: off-kilter rhythmic jolts; krazy chords; purposefully imperfect harmonies; and fragmented structures that start and stop on a coin of small denomination and go somewhere else, and quickly.
For example: Leadoff track "The Birthday Democrats" features a surfeit of pop hooks and swaggering sure-footed wordplay before dissolving like a perfect dream into Beatles-esque sound collage. "King 007" starts off like an acoustic demo from Tommy before shifting gears into a galloping riff-driven hyperspace guitar battle, before pivoting back to some kind of weirdo hybrid of the two… and then stops short just when you think you've got the thing pinned down. "Pearly Gates Smoke Machine" opens like the best thing Marc Bolan ne
There's more, much more, but you know that already. The easiest, laziest way to sum up Guided By Voices' latest album, the move we can't fail to resist making, is the most obvious: How do you spell heaven? Shout it from the rafters: G-B-V!
Guided By Voices Tour Dates:
10/6 – Lexington KY – The Burl
10/7 – Marengo OH – Hoof Hearted Brewery
10/14 – Columbia SC – The Jam Room Music Festival -* FREE*
10/24 – Omaha NE – The Waiting Room
10/25 – Denver CO – Bluebird Theater
10/27 – Las Vegas NV – The Bunkhouse Saloon
10/28-29 – The Growlers Six Fest – Los Angeles, CA – L.A. Water Front
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