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Universe Room

Guided By Voices

Released: 02/07/2025
Format: CD
Label: Guided By Voices Inc.
Catalog #: GBVI-123
Country: U.S.A.
Discs: 1
# Tracks: 17
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Comments
Release info: Universe Room is the eighteenth Guided By Voices album in ten years and packs a vast mix of energy levels and sounds into seventeen diverse tracks in less than forty minutes. The new record ventures into truly surprising territory, where barely any song segments and choruses are revisited and fidelity daringly shifts between lo-fi and hi-fi.

"I wanted to create, hopefully, an experience, kind of a wild ride, where the listener would want to hear it multiple times in order to grasp all the sections and fields of sound to discover something new with each listen," says Robert Pollard. "I trimmed down the songs so that there wasn't a lot of repetition, so you get a lot of sections that happen only once or twice."

Universe Room embodies a realm of new horizons for Guided By Voices, who continue to redefine and expand as they blast off to unpredictable worlds.

This release was originally listed as GBVi-122 but is actually GBVi-123.
Universe Room
1.   Driving Time 2:06
2.   I Couldn't See The Light 2:56
3.   I Will Be A Monk 1:31
4.   The Great Man 2:04
5.   Clearly Aware 2:37
6.   Dawn Believes 3:27
7.   Play Shadows 2:01
8.   Fly Religion 2:26
9.   The Well Known Soldier 1:11
10.  Hers Purple 1:05
11.  Independent Animal 1:13
12.  19th Man To Fly An Airplane 3:44
13.  Elfin Flower With Knees 2:19
14.  FranCisco 3:08
15.  Aluminum Stingray Girl 2:20
16.  Aesop Dreamed Of Lions 3:07
17.  Everybody's A Star 2:24
Total Length: 39:39
Other Formats
Label - Catalog [Format] (Country) # Tracks
Guided By Voices Inc. - GBVI-123 [LP] (U.S.A.) 17

Album Credits
Artwork/Design
Role Name
Art Department Joe Patterson
Art Department Robert Pollard
Art Department Vince Williams
Art Management Sarah Zade-Pollard
Artwork 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
Strings Doug Gillard
Production
Role Name
Additional Drum Recording Ray Ketchem
Producer Travis Harrison
Studio
Role Name
Additional Recording Location Magic Door
Publishing
Role Name
Copyright 2025
Publisher Needmore Songs
Songwriter Robert Pollard
Management/Business
Role Name
Business Management Eric Weiss
Legal Joe Habachy
Management David Newgarden
Other
Role Name
Additional Album Text A Factory Of Raw Essentials Product
Additional Album Text www.guidedbyvoices.com
Additional Album Text www.robertpollardart.com
Additional Album Text www.rockathonrecords.com
Rockathon Records Matt Davis
Rockathon Records Mike Lipps