Guided By Voices' "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall" Lyric Video | 'Tremblers And Goggles By Rank' LP Due Fri 7/1 via GBV Inc

FLOOD Magazine Shares Guided By Voices' "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall" Lyric Video, Created by Aaron Dunkel Tremblers And Goggles By Rank LP Due This Friday, July 1 via GBV Inc.

Photo: Trevor Naud PRE-ORDER & SHARE: Guided By Voices - Tremblers And Goggles By Rank Pre-Order WATCH & SHARE: Guided By Voices - "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall" YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Guided By Voices - "Unproductive Funk" YouTube PURCHASE & SHARE: Guided By Voices - "Alex Bell" b/w "Focus On The Flock" Pre-Order 7" Single PURCHASE & SHARE: Guided By Voices - Crystal Nuns Cathedral Rockathon Records LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Guided By Voices - "Never Mind The List" YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Guided By Voices - "Excited Ones" YouTube 2021-2022 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS "'Lizard on the Red Brick Wall' doubles down on the sharp post-punk sounds of preceding pre-album cuts and adds elements of heavy-psych to the record’s already-unique flavors among the band’s incredibly dense catalog." - FLOOD Magazine "Fist-pumping, Quadrophenia-esque" - Gothamist "'Never Mind the List' leads with very windmillable guitar chords, and features a spiraling melody that doesn't quite follow traditional verse-chorus-verse structure but is nonetheless catchy as hell." - Brooklyn Vegan “'Excited Ones' boasts big power-pop energy with its stomping drums and guitars that crunch with just a bit of jangle." - Rolling Stone "Yet another supercatchy powerpop number from Robert Pollard's endless bank of these, that once again tips its hat towards The Who" - Brooklyn Vegan "Earth Man Blues squarely hits all the marks that make Guided By Voices great — again and again and again.Could be the GBV’s best album since 1995’s Alien Lanes." **** 4 stars - Rolling Stone “Earth Man Blues is all killer"  ***** 5 stars - Shindig Magazine "'Sunshine Girl Hello' has a glowing ’60s guitar lick that animates its darkly intimate lyrics about unrequited love, while album closer 'Child’s Play' elevates the simplicity of its doubled guitar noodling with a buzzing harmony that mirrors the boundless energy of its lyrics." - Pitchfork "Bob remains an earworm factory that operates 24/7 and 2021 has been a banner year for GBV"  - Brooklyn Vegan "Pairing the band’s brief, light-grunge songwriting with a quick succession of moving footage and still images of their live show with barely decipherable imagery of ’50s television shows, Sunday morning cartoons, Hindu deity, The Great Train Robbery, American military propaganda, and much more provides the sensation of quickly flipping channels." - FLOOD "They are as essential and as American as Grateful Dead, The Band and REM." - Joyzine “‘My (Limited) Engagement’ is hook-laden heavy guitar pop/rock with a soaring vocal melody from Bob, anchored by solid and slightly atypical timing.” - Rolling Stone “Seriously irresistible.. this is maximum Rock n Roll.”  **** 4 stars - Shindig Magazine "The 15 songs embark another tear through the band’s explosive rock that fuels a fervently emotive wave of suspense, chugging noise, and punk-tinged soul. Yes, this group of bad-asses can still out-record and out-write anybody….anywhere." - Glide "The first single from the album is yet another winner in Robert Pollard's deep well of riffs and hooks, with a killer chorus and soaring guitar solo, all in a tight two minute package." - Brooklyn Vegan "'Trust Them Now’ feels very redolent of the start of spring and features gorgeous, chiming guitars and melodic vocals. The producer handles both the backing and Robert Pollard’s lead vocals equally adeptly in terms of highlighting their vividness, while the guitars recall Dinosaur Jr. and Hüsker Dü at their best." - Backseat Mafia "It’s one of GBV’s most eclectic, adventurous records to date, careening between heavy-rockers reminiscent of Black Sabbath, guitar lines cribbed from early 2000s pop-punk, near-rock operas worthy of the Who, and sweet little swingers that sound like the Monkees melting in the sun." - Rolling Stone "'Trust Them Now' is a fantastic pop basher with a strong punk edge to it a la Buzzcocks. It goes down smooth, though, thanks to Pollard way with a melody and his velvety voice." - Brooklyn Vegan   On July 1, Guided By Voices share their second album of 2022, Tremblers And Goggles By Rank, out via GBV Inc. To celebrate, Aaron Dunkel has created "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall,” a kaleidoscopic video collage of chaos that accompanies the track, layered with prehistoric beasts and dazzling shots from iconic lizard-featuring flicks. Speaking on their new single, Doug Gillard wrote: "'Lizard On The Red Brick Wall,' the relentless opener on our new album, combines pounding rock, electronic sounds & melodic vocals with creative production choices and a pulsating synth track played by both Mark Shue and I, which punctuates the track." Tremblers And Goggles By Rank marks a new phase in Robert Pollard's songwriting evolution. His songs have always included non-traditional approaches to form and song structure, but with this album, he has pushed it further than ever. While the familiar Guided By Voices pop-craft and melodic virtuosity always occupies center stage, the first-time listener will never be able to predict what’s coming next in a song.   "Alex Bell" and "Focus on The Flock" are the two anchors, each one expansive and filled with rock grandeur, and both exemplifying the complex wordplay, melodies, and structures that are hallmarks of the album. GBV's latest batch of-brilliant songs ride on colorful psychedelic flourishes and brash post-punk textures that make this 10-song LP a one-of-a-kind head trip.  While there are hooks and earworms aplenty, this album is a complex and kaleidoscopic journey, representing a new echelon in the Guided By Voices universe. It represents another level of songwriting and performance from the group. It plays out like an intricate and powerful collage, in a multicolored and multi-faceted fashion; a work grand in scale and undertaking.   There are triumphant and glorious choruses, deep and dark wormholes, sinewy twists and turns, bold and theatrical bravados, massive cliffs, plateaus, peaks, and valleys. These emotional landscapes reach new and unexpected heights along the way. Guided By Voices - "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] GUIDED BY VOICES LINKS Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify | Apple Music  Guided by Voices are heading out on tour this year. Tickets for all upcoming gigs are available at GBV.com/tour.   GUIDED BY VOICES LIVE Fri, June 17 - The Ardmore - Philadelphia, PA Sat, June 18 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC Fri, July 8 - 80/35 Music Festival - Des Moines, IA Sat, July 9 - Square Roots Festival - Chicago, IL Fri, August 19 - R & R Hall of Fame Museum - Cleveland, OH Sat, August 20 - Anchor Rock Club - Atlantic City, NJ Fri, Sept 23 - Race Street Block Party - Holyoke, MA Fri, Oct 21 - Tulips - Dallas, TX Sat, Oct 22 - Mohawk - Austin, TX