Robert Pollard Reveals Details of Guided by Voices Reunion -- Exclusive Song

Posted on Jun 30th 2010 6:08PM by Mike Ayers
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As Guided by Voices fans surely rejoiced in the news regarding the band's reformation this coming October, lingering questions still remain. The group released numerous full-lengths, EP's, singles and split EPs over their 21-year career and literally would have hundreds of songs to choose from when they play their much-hyped reunion show in Las Vegas. That said, some of their most beloved work came via Matador Records, so it's no surprise they'd want to focus on that for the label's birthday bash -- but also, just who exactly would be joining GBV mastermind Robert Pollard for this go-round? Now, Pollard sheds some light on what he has in store for the band's Vegas get together.

"We got the band back together. Not the original line-up -- the classic line-up," Pollard tells Spinner. "It's better than the original line-up: Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell [guitars], Kevin Fennel [drums] and Greg Demos [bass]."

As they're set to join other mid-'90s Matador alums Pavement and Liz Phair, Pollard says Guided by Voices will mainly focus on material from that era as well. "We'll be performing songs from the albums 'Propeller,' 'Bee Thousand,' 'Alien Lanes' and 'Under the Bushes Under the Stars' as well as from singles and EPs from that era."

Since GBV's disbanding at the end of 2004, Pollard himself has kept up the wealth of material that was typical for him and his bandmates over their career. In the last four years, he's released nine proper solo albums with the 10th due out July 6.

Entitled 'Moses on a Snail,' the album features 12 new Pollard tracks, of which Guided by Voices fan Eddie Vedder describes as "too f---ing good." For any impatient fans, check out an exclusive listen to the song 'Arrows and Balloons' below.

Listen to Robert Pollard's 'Arrows and Ballons'