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Styles We Paid For
Rock · 2020 · 15 tracks · 38m

Styles We Paid For

Guided by Voices

A dense, authoritative collection of indie-rock anthems recorded in isolation. Big arena hooks filtered through a restless, worldly quarantine haze.

December 11, 2020 · Not On Label (Guided By Voices Self-released)

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A restless and authoritative reflection of isolation, balancing big hooks with a heavy sense of worldliness.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 38m
01
Megaphone Riley
2:06
02
They Don’t Play the Drums Anymore
2:08
03
Slaughterhouse
4:32
04
Endless Seafood
2:58
05
Mr Child
3:22
06
Stops
2:04
07
War of the Devils
2:32
08
Electronic Windows to Nowhere
1:57
09
Never Abandon Ship
1:56
10
Roll Me To Heaven
2:16
11
In Calculus Strategem
2:04
12
Crash at Lake Placebo
2:45
13
Liquid Kid
3:23
14
Time Without Looking
1:43
15
When Growing Was Simple
2:31
Moments Worth Listening For
the massive arena-ready guitar crunch that anchors the hook of Mr. Child
the sudden shift into elegant melodicism during the bridge of In Calculus Stratagem
the eerie prescience of the Jumbo Virus lyric in the opening track
the dry and intimate vocal delivery on the final track's stay at home plea
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Styles We Paid For sound next to the rest of Guided by Voices's catalogue?

Social Commentary+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

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