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- Summary: Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard and Chris Slusarenko and Decemberists' John Moen release their debut album as the Boston Spaceships.
- Record Label: Guided by Voices
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Under The RadarShedding all the expectations that come with being a 50-something solo artist, you can sense Bob’s excitement in every jejune innuendo and Who-esque guitar riff. Mixing his longtime love of the incongruity of prog, the hooks of rock, and his unmistakable faux-English accent, both of the band’s records contain a brand of arena-sized rock perfectly tailored for dingy Midwestern bars. [Year End 2008]
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Though I generally partake in the Kool-Aid, some of Pollard’s post-GBV stuff has admittedly either gone over my head or missed the sweet spot. Brown Submarine’s pleasures, however, are inarguable.
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MojoThe project pushes him into new and different directions, with beat band ballast ('Ate It Twice'), horn-laded soul ('Ready To Pop'), orchestral gloom (the title tracks) and pleasingly weird mini-epics ('Still In Rome'). [Oct 2008]
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The faster stuff is pretty much in line with the key tracks from "Mag Earwhig!," and the lesser of the slow jams could very well be on any of the records after "Do the Collapse."
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Teaming up with some fresh collaborators seems to have done Pollard a world of good after recording the bulk of his post-GBV work with Todd Tobias handling all the instruments; Moen and Slusarenko don't bring a striking level of chops to Brown Submarine, Boston Spaceships' debut album, but their work has an organic feel and a natural energy that helps these sessions sound like the work of a real band.
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There’s about 70% of a fantastic pop-rock album here, which these days is how Pollard rolls.
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Alternative PressA scappy but lovable collection of power pop. [Oct 2008, p.152]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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EdgarF.Jul 16, 2009
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BrianMJan 3, 2009
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