Nowhere to Go But Up

by Guided by Voices

Nowhere to Go But Up cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 November 2023
  • Label: GBV Inc.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:43
  • Community rating: 2.61/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Travis Harrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Closing out a highly productive 2023, 'Nowhere to Go But Up' presents a triumphant and expansive iteration of the band's sound. The compositions stretch into progressive rock territory, utilizing uncommon time signatures and complex structural shifts while retaining the immediate, raw melodicism that defines Pollard's core songwriting approach.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, male-vocalist, progressive, uncommon-time-signatures

Tracklist

  1. The Race Is On, The King Is Dead (3:29)
  2. Puncher's Parade (3:52)
  3. Local Master Airplane (2:15)
  4. How Did He Get Up There? (4:03)
  5. Stabbing at Fractions (2:48)
  6. Love Set (3:53)
  7. We're Going the Wrong Way In (2:31)
  8. Jack of Legs (3:37)
  9. For the Home (4:38)
  10. Cruel for Rats (3:02)
  11. Song and Dance (4:31)

Credits

  • Guided by Voices - primary artist
  • Doug Gillard - arranged by [string arrangements by], performer
  • Bobby Bare Jr. - performer
  • Kevin March - performer
  • Mark Shue - performer

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