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- Summary: This is the second solo release for the prolific Guided By Voices' singer-songwriter.
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- Record Label: Guided by Voices
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Pop
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MagnetDec 18, 2013It certainly stands among his best. [No. 105, p.60]
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Dec 9, 2013Pollard truly delivers the goods with his album, and he's advised to follow this method more often, since it sure seems to work for him.
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MojoDec 18, 201316 lightly fried examples of his gift for surrealist pop/classic rock synthesis. [Jan 2014, p.104]
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Dec 11, 2013Blazing Gentlemen (and many of Pollard’s other releases) are less an album than a suite.
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Q MagazineJan 7, 2014It's just that he has done all this better before. [Jan 2014, p.124]
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Dec 17, 2013That’s the case overall for Blazing Gentlemen, which too often comes off like a rote exercise instead of an inspired undertaking.
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Dec 17, 2013There are some enjoyable tunes on here that might appeal to the curious who lost track of Pollard and GBV over the years. But the numerous less riveting, just-a-bit-too derivative, run of the mill rock songs will leave even newcomers with the feeling that they've heard it all before.
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Jan 13, 2014
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