Universe Room

by Guided by Voices

Universe Room cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 February 2025
  • Label: GBV Inc.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:37
  • Community rating: 3.16/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Doug Gillard, Beckham Bare, Travis Harrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing their legendary run of prolific output, 'Universe Room' finds the veteran indie rock outfit revisiting some of the rawer textures of their early career. The album blends their signature power pop melodicism with slacker rock aesthetics, proving Robert Pollard's songwriting engine remains as active and distinctly unpolished as ever well into the 2020s.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, male-vocalist, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Driving Time (2:05)
  2. I Couldn't See the Light (2:55)
  3. I Will Be a Monk (1:30)
  4. The Great Man (2:04)
  5. Clearly Aware (2:36)
  6. Dawn Believes (3:26)
  7. Play Shadows (2:00)
  8. Fly Religion (2:25)
  9. The Well Known Soldier (1:11)
  10. Hers Purple (1:05)
  11. Independent Animal (1:12)
  12. 19th Man To Fly An Airplane (3:44)
  13. Elfin Flower With Knees (2:19)
  14. FranCisco (3:07)
  15. Aluminum Stingray Girl (2:19)
  16. Aesop Dreamed of Lions (3:07)
  17. Everybody's a Star (2:23)

Credits

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