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Same Place the Fly Got Smashed

Guided By Voices

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Album Review

Likely their darkest album, Same Place the Fly Got Smashed is another solid effort that takes the form of a tragic rock opera about a doomed, midwestern alcoholic. While the joylessness of this concept wears a bit thin over the course of the 13 tracks, the songwriting is compelling enough to make it fly. Punk rave-ups ("The Hard Way" and "Local Mix-Up/Murder Charge") and accoustic strummers ("When She Turns 50" and "How Loft I Am?") are equally capable in the evocation of the emotions of guilt, hopelessness, and forgotten innocence that pervade the album.

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Maybe Baby You Will See....

Classic GBV. The stretch from The Hard Way through Pendulumis worth the price of admission alone. but don't forget Mix Up /Murder Charge and How Loft Am I? "We'll be middle age children but so what!" Disarm The Settlers

Biography

Formed: 1985 in Dayton, OH

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Inspired equally by jangle pop and arty post-punk, Guided by Voices created a series of trebly, hissy indie rock records filled with infectiously brief pop songs that fell somewhere between the British Invasion and prog rock. After recording six self-released albums between 1986 and 1992, the Dayton, Ohio-based band attracted a handful of fans within the American indie rock underground. With the 1994 release of Bee Thousand, the group became an unexpected alternative rock sensation, winning positive...
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