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Release info: A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl pressing.
Mag Earwhig! was the first GBV album with Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout, backed by the entire lineup of Cobra Verde. This is a conceptual rock opera inspired by the Who's Tommy, the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and the Edgar Broughton Band's Wasa Wasa. Pollard is the main character in this sprawling narrative, an insectile cartoon figure named the Magnificent Earwhig, who interacts with a wild cast of characters in songs evoking nostalgiac memories of an Ohio boyhood, starting one's first band, and inhaling American roadside pop culture. "Despite the progressive conceptual 70's mindset informing this project, the record is still a collection of beautifully twisted pop songs and can be listened to as either an opera or just a series of rock arias."
Album includes a digital download.
Info from Newbury Comics: We've got two Guided By Voices exclusives for you today... the classic 'Mag Earwhig!' (with Cobra Verde) on a beautiful Green and Orange Haze Vinyl (ltd/500) and the double live album 'Live from Austin, TX' on Purple Marble Vinyl (ltd to 450). Out on 12/15 and available for order now. Purchase the two together at a special discounted price for a limited time. Enjoy!
-Carl@NewburyComics
Here's a press release detailing Mag Earwhig!.
The first GBV album by their new lineup, which consists of leaders Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout, backed by the entire lineup of Cobra Verde. This is a conceptual rock opera inspired by the Who's Tommy, the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and the Edgar Broughton Band's Wasa Wasa. Pollard is the main character in this sprawling narrative, an insectile cartoon figure named the Magnificent Earwhig, who interacts with a wild cast of characters in songs evoking nostalgiac memories of an Ohio boyhood, starting one's first band, and inhaling American roadside pop culture. "Despite the progressive conceptual 70's mindset informing this project, the record is still a collection of beautifully twisted
pop songs and can be listened to as either an opera or just a series of rock arias."
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