Guided by Voices – Phantasmagoric Upstarts

Guided by Voices - Thick Rich and Delicious

I remember seeing Guided by Voices live in 1995 and being quite disappointed: they played rock songs, not those fragile lo-fi songs I liked so much. Also, the members were approaching 40, which felt ancient. The band members are a whole lot older now, but then I am much older now than they were back in 1995. They still make music and now sound more rock on record too. But they still put out the occasional pretty pop song, such as this Phantasmagoric Upstarts, from their latest album Thick Rich and Delicious.

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