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Down By The Racetrack

Guided By Voices

Released: 01/22/2013
Format: 7" EP
Label: Guided By Voices Inc.
Catalog #: GBVI-28
Country: U.S.A.
Discs: 1
# Tracks: 6
Images
Front Cover
Pressing Details
Vinyl Color # Pressed
Black 1500 
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Release Notes:
Welcome to the commencement of 2013�s Guided By Voices recorded output. Please take your seats quickly. For those who slept through 2012, the Dayton, OH, rock legends released three hugely-acclaimed albums last year and toured throughout the United States of America, including Florida. Bandleader Robert Pollard also put out two solo albums, a couple issues of his collage-heavy zine Eat, as well as a �Best Of� record by his other old band Boston Spaceships, and conquered the moon, probably.

Down by the Racetrack is Guided By Voices stretching out in a way not seen since early- to mid-�90s EPs like Get Out My Stations or Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer. It�s a particular kind of lo-fi weirdness, from the spooky background �aahs� on �Pictures of the Man� to the drunk piano bashing on �Standing in a Puddle of Flesh.� The mix of wild, tossed-off vocals, raw guitar chug and skewed �Eleanor Rigby� / �See Emily Play� sweetness could only have originated from the Midwest-warped minds of Dayton�s canniest rock warlocks.

CD cover art differs from the 7" in that the word "FRONT" is not included on the CD artwork.
Down By The Racetrack
Side 1
1.   It Travels Faster Through Thin Hair 1:14
2.   Pictures Of The Man 2:38
3.   Amanda Gray 0:44
Side 2
1.   Standing In A Puddle Of Flesh 1:31
2.   Copy Zero 1:48
3.   Down By The Racetrack 1:46
Total Length: 09:41
Other Formats
Label - Catalog [Format] (Country) # Tracks
Guided By Voices Inc. - GBVI-28 [CD EP] (U.S.A.) 6