Guided By Voices - Earth Man Blues

Released 30th April 2021.

Is it really a musical?! The 33rd Guided By Voices album, EarthMan Blues, is a magical cinematic rock album, full of dramaticand surreal twists and turns. Lyrics and liner notes trace thegrowth of young Harold Admore Harold through a coming of ageand a reckoning with darkness. Vivid scenes appear: snapshotsof youth, fantastical nightmares, unknown worlds.

The music hasnt softened a bit. One will hear the impossiblyperfect melodies and word play that you expect from RobertPollard, with the band playing at peak-heavy. Trust Them Nowrocks like an instant classic, The Batman Sees The Ball is lean,mean rock muscle. Opener Made Man tears and slashes at theears and heart. Sweeping, colossal tracks like Lights Out (InMemphis, Egypt) and Dirty Kid School stretch f