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Isolation Drills
Rock · 2001 · 16 tracks

Isolation Drills

Guided by Voices

High-fidelity power pop meets heavy-hearted lyricism. A polished, muscular rock record that trades basement hiss for professional, arena-sized melancholy.

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It's the one where the lo-fi legends finally got a big studio and used it to break your heart.

A heavy, stadium-sized melancholy that feels both triumphant and deeply lonely.

Isolation Drills · vs · Guided by Voices
Melancholic+4.0σ

Melancholic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Fair Touching
3:08
02
Skills Like This
2:48
03
Chasing Heather Crazy
2:54
04
Frostman
0:56
05
Twilight Campfighter
3:08
06
Sister I Need Wine
1:41
07
Want One?
1:49
08
The Enemy
4:54
09
Unspirited
2:26
10
Glad Girls
3:50
11
Run Wild
3:49
12
Pivotal Film
3:11
13
How's My Drinking?
2:39
14
The Brides Have Hit Glass
2:51
15
Fine to See You
3:17
16
Privately
4:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive, soaring chorus of Glad Girls that feels like a collective exhale.
The heavy, lumbering bassline and dark atmosphere that anchors the five-minute sprawl of The Enemy.
The way the acoustic strumming on Run Wild gives way to a massive, heart-on-sleeve rock crescendo.
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