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The Crawling Distance
by Robert Pollard
The first of six planned albums from Ex-Guided By Voices singer Robert Pollard (and his other side projects) for 2009.
LABEL: |
Guided By Voices |
RELEASE DATE: |
20 January 2009 |
DISCS: |
1 disc |
GENRE(S): |
Rock, Singer-Songwriter |
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80
Hartford Courant
The Crawling Distance, Pollard's umpteenth disc since officially going solo in 2004, offers more of what listeners have come to expect.
80
PopMatters
It’s an album sure to please the long-time fans, but so damn fun and hook-filled that it should find a following in the larger indie rock community. This is an album you can build a career around.
76
Filter
There are hits and misses as the slower ones take a little longer to catch on, but when the arena-rock sized riffs meet Pollard's mid-fi production, there really isn't anything else you can ask for. [Holiday 2008, p.92]
60
Spin
It features another ten songs of standard Pollard-isms--vaguely British, Robyn Hitchcock–esque vocals warped by reverb and Echoplex mazes; surrealistic, first-thought-next-thought lyrics; sudden loud crunches of lo-fi guitar; and melodies that soar but never quite achieve the permanence of his best work.
60
Uncut
A solo album that sounds like a series of song sketches. [Feb 2009, p.89]
The average user rating for this album is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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