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La La Land
Rock · 2023 · 11 tracks · 35m

La La Land

Guided by Voices

Polished, expansive art rock that trades basement hiss for complex song structures and shimmering, multi-part guitar suites. A late-career peak of melodic ambition.

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It's the GbV album for people who think they've heard everything Pollard can do, but haven't heard him go prog.

A sophisticated and slightly eerie blend of melodic power pop and expansive, structural art rock.

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Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 35m
01
Another Day to Heal
1:49
02
Released Into Dementia
2:19
03
Ballroom Etiquette
2:48
04
Instinct Dwelling
2:47
05
Queen of Spaces
3:01
06
Slowly on the Wheel
6:00
07
Cousin Jackie
4:02
08
Wild Kingdom
3:21
09
Caution Song
2:18
10
Face Eraser
2:51
11
Pockets
3:48
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the sprawling, six-minute centerpiece 'Slowly on the Wheel' where the band trades their usual brevity for a patient, psychedelic slow-burn.
The interlocking, angular guitar riffs in 'Instinct Dwelling' that create a tense, math-rock-adjacent lattice under Robert Pollard's soaring melody.
The lush, harmonized vocal stack that opens 'Queen of Spaces', revealing a level of studio polish and melodic depth far removed from their lo-fi roots.
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