by Tom Johnson
Even before Guided By Voices split on New Year’s Eve 2004, some fans were pining for the old days — back when Robert Pollard and company crudely recorded in a basement on cassettes into a boombox, throwing caution to the wind and making lo-fi masterpieces that confounded standard song-writing practices. Pollard’s become something of an off-kilter, oddball-pop genius over the years, but he showed with this 2008 release that he hadn’t forgotten those days. He returns to those old techniques to see what turns up: 20 years of old tapes+new vocals and other goodies=a good time for willing ears.
‘Half Notes’ are quick-take thoughts on music from Something Else! Reviews, presented whenever the mood strikes us.
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