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La La Land

Guided By Voices

Released: 01/20/2023
Format: Cassette
Label: Guided By Voices Inc. / Persona Non Grata
Catalog #: GBVI-117 / PNG-10
Country: Canada
Discs: 1
# Tracks: 11
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Front Cover
Pressing Details
Vinyl Color # Pressed
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Comments
Release notes: La La Land doubles down on the intricate proggy-pop displayed on Guided By Voices�s last album Tremblers And Goggles By Rank. On a hot streak of critical acclaim, Robert Pollard continues expanding his songwriting towards extremes of prettiness, heaviness and poeticism. As always, unforgettable hooks are everywhere. But with thsi latest, it seems Pollard is playing with the extremes of his abilities as a songwriter, emboldened by the power of this lineup now on their fourteenth album together since 2017. The prettiest stuff is prettier than ever ("Queen Of Spaces") and odder, more complex songs like "Slowly On The Wheel" combine minimalism, whimsy, and cinematic inclinations. There are the exquisite power pop bangers that fans come to expect like "Ballroom Etiquette" and "Pockets." Tracks like "Instinct Dwelling" and "Caution Song" effortlessly display a cranked-up weight and complexity most bands could never muster. Celebrating forty years in 2023 with their thirty-eighth album, GBV has lately been garnering rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Uncut, MOJO, Shindig, Paste, Popmatters, The Quietus and many more.

Album mentioned by Bob in 2022 interviews as being "in a similar vein to Tremblers".

Also mentioned is a second 2023 release called Welshpool Frillies. "Fifteen songs."
La La Land
Side One
1.   Another Day To Heal 1:48
2.   Released Into Dementia 2:20
3.   Ballroom Etiquette 2:49
4.   Instinct Dwelling 2:42
5.   Queen Of Spaces 2:58
6.   Slowly On The Wheel 6:00
Side Two
1.   Cousin Jackie 4:00
2.   Wild Kingdom 3:19
3.   Caution Song 2:19
4.   Face Eraser 2:50
5.   Pockets 3:47
Total Length: 34:52
Other Formats
Label - Catalog [Format] (Country) # Tracks
Guided By Voices Inc. - GBVI-117 [CD] (U.S.A.) 11
Guided By Voices Inc. - GBVI-117 [LP] (U.S.A.) 11

Album Credits
Artwork/Design
Role Name
Art Department Joe Patterson
Art Department Robert Pollard
Art Department Vince Williams
Art Management Sarah Zade-Pollard
Cover Art Robert Pollard
Layout Joe Patterson
Layout Robert Pollard
Musician
Role Name
Band Member Bobby Bare, Jr.
Band Member Doug Gillard
Band Member Kevin March
Band Member Mark Shue
Band Member Robert Pollard
Production
Role Name
Producer Travis Harrison
Conducting/Arranging
Role Name
String Arrangement Doug Gillard
Publishing
Role Name
Copyright 2022
Publisher Needmore Songs
Songwriter Robert Pollard
Management/Business
Role Name
Business Management Eric Weiss
Legal Richard Grabel
Management Amy Winslow
Management David Newgarden
Other
Role Name
Additional Album Text A Factory Of Raw Essentials Product
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Additional Album Text www.rockathonrecords.com
Rockathon Records Matt Davis
Rockathon Records Mike Lipps