Styles We Paid For

by Guided by Voices

Styles We Paid For cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: GBV Inc.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:15
  • Community rating: 3.19/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Travis Harrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded remotely during the height of the global pandemic, the band members traded digital files to construct 'Styles We Paid For'. Despite the isolated recording process, the album presents a cohesive, warm, and highly energetic synthesis of indie rock and progressive pop, demonstrating the lineup's seamless collaborative chemistry.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, male-vocalist, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Megaphone Riley (2:06)
  2. They Don't Play the Drums Anymore (2:07)
  3. Slaughterhouse (4:32)
  4. Endless Seafood (2:58)
  5. Mr Child (3:22)
  6. Stops (2:04)
  7. War of the Devils (2:32)
  8. Electronic Windows to Nowhere (1:57)
  9. Never Abandon Ship (1:55)
  10. Roll Me to Heaven (2:16)
  11. In Calculus Strategem (2:03)
  12. Crash at Lake Placebo (2:44)
  13. Liquid Kid (3:22)
  14. Time Without Looking (1:42)
  15. When Growing Was Simple (2:30)

Credits

  • Guided by Voices - primary artist
  • Bobby Bare Jr. - performer
  • Doug Gillard - performer
  • Kevin March - performer
  • Mark Shue - performer

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