Band's Universal RoomTheir 18th Album since 2017, Arrivhes Feb. 7
Two Days Before Guide by Voices Release Their New Album Universe roomThe Prolific Indie-Rock Stalwarts Have Shared One Last Preview from the LP, “I Will Be a Monk.”
The 90-SECD Salvo is prototypical GBV, with frontman Robert Pollard and Company Concisely Dissensing Lo-Fi Riffs Over the Track, One of 17 Songs On Universe roomOut Feb. 7.
“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 Setions and Fields of sound to Discovery Something New With Each Listeten,” Pollard Previously Told ROlling Stone. “I Trimmed Down The Songs So That There's Wasn't a Lot of Repe to Repe to, so you get a lot of sections that happy only Once or Twice.”
Guide by Voices Previously Shared “Fly Religion” from Universe roomThe Current Lineup's Eye-Popping 18th Album Since 2017 and 41st Album Overall; In addition to Pollard, GBV Features Guitarist Doug Gillard, Drummer Kevin March, Bassist Mark Shue, and Guitarist Bobby Bare Jr.
“I Wanted to Get a Little More Sonic Diversity for this Album,” Pollard Aided of the LP, The Band's First Since 2024's Strut of Kings. “I know the Asked Each Member of the Band to Record All the Instruments for One Song and I Did Three Songs MySelf.”
