Guided By Voices - Tonics And Twisted ChasersOriginally released in 1996 as a limited fan club pressing for Rockathon, Guided By Voices Tonics And Twisted Chasers has always existed as an anomaly in Robert Pollards vast discography. In many ways, the album serves as the tail of a creative comet that in just two years included the classic line up trilogy of Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Under the Bushes, Under the Stars and countless singles that crammed endless hooks in their grooves. In the

radiating an optimism derived from the diverse conundrums of today

Too many to mention - but it's hard to disagree with Stipe when he cites 'Cuyahoga' and the hymnal 'Fall On Me' as two of his very best

Tracks like lead single “Blue Kiss”—built around a TB-303 bassline and some classic drum machines—and album opener “Full Attention” wear their influences on their sleeves

Life’s a Beach: a title that makes total sense

’ was finished in late 2018 with the help of long-time collaborator Liam D

A drum set is matched with a pair of distorted electric guitars

NME staff member Simon Williams wrote "Slowdive have banished the barrier restricting creativity

thoughtful and careful in its evocations

yet incorporating the style

Gina is a respected painter

Compiled three decades after the music was originally put to tape

Like the commitment to the improvised takes on violin