Please Be Honest

by Guided by Voices

Please Be Honest cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 April 2016
  • Label: Guided by Voices Inc.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:20
  • Community rating: 3.1/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the twenty-second album under the 'Guided by Voices' moniker, this release is effectively a Robert Pollard solo effort, as he plays every single instrument himself. Recorded entirely on a boombox and digital multi-track machine, the record marks a return to the incredibly scrappy, lo-fi hiss that defined the band's legendary mid-90s output. It is a charmingly chaotic, melodic blast of pure indie-rock isolation.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, melodic

Tracklist

  1. My Zodiac Companion (2:12)
  2. Kid on a Ladder (1:47)
  3. Come on Mr. Christian (2:03)
  4. The Grasshopper Eaters (3:22)
  5. Glittering Parliaments (2:27)
  6. The Caterpillar Workforce (1:28)
  7. Sad Baby Eyes (0:34)
  8. The Quickers Arrive (2:55)
  9. Hotel X (Big Soap) (3:01)
  10. I Think a Telescope (2:30)
  11. Please Be Honest (2:04)
  12. Nightmare Jamboree (2:00)
  13. Unfinished Business (1:29)
  14. Defeatist's Lament (2:23)
  15. Eye Shop Heaven (2:59)

Credits

  • Guided by Voices - primary artist
  • Dave Polster - lacquer cut by
  • Arnold A. Kummerow - music director [coda montage]
  • Vandercook Lake Senior High School Band - performer [coda montage]

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