Guided By Voices English Little League CD

2013 release, the fourth album from the reunited classic Guided by Voices lineup of Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell and Kevin Fennell. English Little League hums like angry birds along the full spectrum of Rock's highways and byways (especially the byways), from Rock to Roll and back again. Pollard's rebus system of songwriting (sounds made visible, abstract concepts symbolized) strung like fairy lights from the opening song to the galvanic closer kettles along at full steam throughout, punctuated by the airier constructs of Sprout. You never know what the future will bring, only what the past has brought, and the past has now brought you the fourth Guided by Voices album in little more than a year. You should probably buy someone a drink to celebrate. You should definitely celebrate. Life is short. Guided by Voices is long.

1. Xeno Pariah 2. Know Me As Heavy 3. Islands (She Talks in Rainbows) 4. Trashcan Full of Nails 5. Send to Celeste 6. The Quiet Game 7. Noble Insect 8. Sir Garlic Breath 9. Crybaby 4 Star Hotel 10. Biographer Seahorse 11. Flunky Minnows 12. Birds 13. The Sudden Death of Epstein's Ways 14. Reflections in a Metal Whistle 15. Taciturn Caves 16. A Burning Glass 17. W/ Glass in Foot