By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank In a recently published interview with Robert Pollard, he referred to “Focus On The Flock” as “complicated and interesting.” I’d say that sums it up pretty well; once again, Pollard has lumped together a slew of different musical ideas into a song that keeps […]
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Roosevelt’s Marching Band
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank Robert Pollard sometimes combines a catchy riff with some chord strumming to comprise a verse. “Roosevelt’s Marching Band” is a prime example, but others that immediately come to mind include “I Love Kangaroos” and “Make Use.” The riffs are typically pretty simple and often […]
Who Wants To Go Hunting?
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank “Who Wants To Go Hunting?” is the closing track that Tremblers And Goggles By Rank deserves. For an album full of longer, more progressive songs, Robert Pollard saved the longest song for last, and it wraps up the album perfectly, fading out with an […]
Alex Bell
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Tremblers And Goggles By Rank If you’ve read enough of the posts on this site, you may have been clued in to the fact that my favorite Robert Pollard songs to play on guitar are often those with multiple different (seemingly unrelated, even) sections. “Alex Bell” might just be […]