Guided By Voices Announce US Summer Tour || Four New 7″ Singles Out April 29th || New LP ‘Cool Planet’ Out May 13th On Guided By Voices Inc. (North America) / May 19th On Fire Records (UK / Europe)

Recorded during the sub-freezing Polar Vortex of 2014, the next Guided by Voices record is titled Cool Planet.

Here we have another wineskin full of great songs to listen to, recorded in a single proper studio – Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio – for the first time since their inexhaustible reformation. There’s some unusually consistent and consistently awesome production on Cool Planet, thanks to the array of vintage equipment on offer at Cyberteknics.

Cool Planet has a weighty crunch that will lay you flat, which is perhaps also in part due to the addition of ex-late-version GBV tub-thumper Kevin March on drums.

Robert Pollard has talked in recent months about having refined his approach to songwriting (as if that was a thing that needed to happen) and the tunes he’s written for Cool Planet stack up against the best he’s ever done, including the hard hitting title track, which is just begging to be played live. Guitarist Tobin Sprout steps up with (among others) a Bowie-esque number (“Psychotic Crush”) and a Beatle-esque number (“All American Boy”) – it should be noted that Tobin recorded his songs for the most part at his home studio in Leland, Michigan, but they fit like Legos in the plastic palace of Cool Planet.

Look what Guided By Voices have done for the world since reforming in 2010. Six high-quality, full-length albums in less than four years. And that’s not counting EPs, singles, tours, or solo records. If the sorry state of the present day indie- alt- or just plain rock landscape is the disease, GBV is the cure! Do not take in moderation.

Robert Pollard – vocals, guitar Tobin Sprout – guitar, vocals Mitch Mitchell – guitar Greg Demos – bass Kevin March – drums

‘Cool Planet’ LP Tracklisting

01. Authoritarian Zoo 02. Fast Crawl 03. Psychotic Crush 04. Costume Makes the Man 05. Hat of Flames 06. These Dooms 07. Table at Fool’s Tooth 08. All American Boy 09. You Get Every Game 10. Pan Swimmer 11. The Bone Church 12. Bad Love is Easy to Do 13. The No Doubters 14. Narrated by Paul 15. Cream of Lung 16. Males of Wormwood Mars 17. Ticket to Hide 18. Cool Planet

Links

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Tour Dates

05.22 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theater 05.23 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom* 05.24 – Washington, DC – Black Cat# 6.02.14 Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s^ 6.03.14 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room^ 6.04.14 Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre^ 6.06.14 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory^ 6.07.14 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom^ 6.08.14 Seattle, WA – The Showbox at the Market^ 6.10.14 Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre^ 6.11.14 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom^ 6.13.14 Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre^ 6.14.14 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern^ 6.15.14 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom^ 6.18.14 Lawrence, KS – The Granada^ 6.20.14 Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre^

*with Doug Gillard opening #with Doug Gillard and Atomic Forces opening ^with Bobby Bare